(Zaman Al Wasl)- The “36 Hours in Khan Sheikhoun” novel by Mohamed Abdul-Sattar Tako has drawn a small society from the revolution’s vast world, the intersections of love, madness, treason and hope under the shadow of war.
The first novel of Tako, 37, tells the story of a young man who was arrested by the regime from his home in Damascus. He was tortured and then subjected to brainwashing until he became blindly repeating the regime’s slogans. In the novel, he also was trained by a well-known actor so that he can master everything and then be sent on a mission to the liberated Khan Sheikhon in northern Idlib province as a revolutionary, but he must convey the news of the population groups to the regime.
However, when the young man sees what is happening on the ground, he goes into a conflict with himself so that he can win for himself and Syria and refuse the orders of the officer who sent him.
The 164-page novel from the medium narratives recounts the internationally prohibited bombardment of Khan Sheikhoun town by the Sarin chemical weapon in April 2017.
The novel tells us the differences of opinion and sectarian affiliations that support and oppose the regime and its many forms, the division of society between supporters and opponents, and the emergence of new terms, Shabeeh is the pro-regime supporter, and “planted” is the opposer whether armed person or by opinion, as the critical novelist Mohamed Fathi Al-Maqdad described.
Mohamed Abdel-Sattar Tako is a writer and journalist - founder and editor-in-chief of Al-Majaz newspaper. Born in Idlib countryside, he has a Bachelor's degree in Arabic language, he participated in many evenings and Arab and international festivals.
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