A Review of the Short Story Collection "Land Trapped" by the Libyan Writer Omar Al-Kikli.
The binary of the writer and the text is no longer the sole concern of literary criticism. Instead, the receiver, or the reader, has been added as a crucial element, thus forming a new binary: the reader and the text.
Reception
In the upcoming days:
Rumors will increase.
Lies will intensify.
Doubt will be cast on everything, all aiming at the primary goal of demoralizing the Egyptian citizen, exploiting their economic conditions, and urging them towards rebellion and chaos - not a true revolution. Hence, the objectives of Egypt's enemies may be achieved
The exceptional measures announced by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for state employees, the business sector, and the public sector, which include raising the minimum income to 4,000 Egyptian pounds from 3,600 and increasing the tax exemption by 25% from 36,000 to 45,000, a 15% increase in "Takaful and Karama" pensions, and
The most important rule in the art of acting is the hypothetical "What if."
What if... I was Romeo or Juliet, for example,
With the presented physical, age-related, and psychological specifications...
What if... I was in this situation or that problem...
And so on... the hypothesis continues to its logical
In my recollection, I don’t remember the years of my life being smooth. They never were. Many doors remained shut, access was difficult, patience was stretched thin, and the end goals often seemed or still seem distant. Isn’t that the case for everyone's life?
Indeed, my friend, without the slightest doubt, it is!
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