The Ram's Collision

Author: Nizar Barghouti

He adopted the icon of Handala as a pseudonym and decided to turn his face, revealing all that he had seen. He is Afif, from the popular Mellassine neighborhood in Tunis, who used to accompany his father at work, kindling the fire of the public bathhouse. In a country where wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished alleys, as well as Islamic Salafism and leftist thought, coexist, childhood friends grow up and are separated by their views on the future of the country. Between a lawyer who disavowed the causes of the poor, dedicating his abilities to serving those in power, and a journalist who chose to expose corruption, out of loyalty to his neighborhood's residents with whom he shared poverty and dreams, a bloody and deadly clash ensues. The story of Handala, who managed to enter the most mysterious worlds, to tell the tale of a nation.