The subject of this novel is a sensitive one, which the author addresses boldly and not noisily, an artistic treatment through aesthetic formations that creep up on the reader, elude him and become entrenched in his conscience, and in a language that has the warmth of the colloquial and the eloquence of classical Arabic. Dr. Abdel Moneim Telema A wonderful idea outside the traditional framework, perhaps others have touched on it but it was not the focus, Kamal Ruhayyim is the one who made it the focus, and with a graceful, deep narration, it tempts you at first that it will tell you a story, but when you immerse yourself in reading you discover that you must be alert to every word you read. A young Muslim man loves a Jewish girl, and the girl marries him despite the opposition of his family and hers, and bad luck dictates that the young man dies in battle, and she discovers that she is pregnant with a boy who will bear all the woes of the conflict between two families or between two factions, each of which carries a terrible amount of hatred.. Can this boy's heart bear the result of this abhorrent conflict? This is what the novel attempts to answer.. Dr. Muhammad Ali Salama is an important novel by Dr. Kamal Rahim that documents the ideological overlap in Egypt during the 1950s and beyond. This is evident in the central character (Jalal), who symbolizes this overlap through his Muslim father and Jewish mother. Dr. Sharif Al-Gayyar