Sufi messages

Author's name: Mona Al-Tamimi

In her new novel, “Sufi Letters,” Emirati writer Mona Al Tamimi is keen to select artistic concepts that give existence a different meaning in new, unexpected ways. They contain philosophy, music, and visual glimpses through which the novel is presented in a metaphorical rhetorical manner, in which the elements of mute nature are transformed into indicative signs, igniting a set of feelings and emotions, which later turn into textual signifiers that take the form of Sufi letters between its two heroes, “Nada” and “Maghith,” who are present in a magical world that surpasses imagination and within an equation of love in which the image of “woman” and “man” is presented in its true mental nudity, as it is represented by the conscience and imagined by the artistic sense. The female in this story is skilled in the art of “language,” and the male is skilled in the art of “colors.” In this sense, we are faced with an artistic work that crosses the borders of these two worlds, or connects them in an intimacy that captivates the eye, not to excite us, but to make us feel how it is a human, romantic love story, with Sufi inspiration to the fullest extent. In this novel, there is a beautiful space and a deep dialogue between two people, in a world full of glory and victories, and bright colors that have remained asleep in a closed box, carrying the contradictions of life. Will the splendor of light be completed by their presence together? Or will the absence of one of them paint a painful life in the heart of the other? So, dear reader, search for that beautiful nectar, without taking your eyes off the glow of letters and words.
In this life, every person sometimes meets their own angel, a new human being. As long as they are alive, they can rebuild what has been destroyed. This novel is dedicated to all those who do not surrender to illness and injustice.