As a boy in 1960s Cairo, Tarek's entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eye of his mother and his sisters, he starts to do just that--until Ali enters his life and turns it upside down. Thw two men from very different worlds, embark on an unsayable relationship that threatens to tear apart Tarek's family. Years later, as Tarek is living a solitary life in Montreal, someone starts writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will he figure it out in time?
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