The tunnel at the end of the light

Author's name: Aya Abdel Rahman

In her novel "The Tunnel at the End of the Light," author Aya Abdel Rahman weaves the threads of grand dreams held by a generation of young people during turbulent years, shattering their thoughts and aspirations amidst a closed society yearning to breathe. The novel chronicles how an entire generation dealt with successive shocks that shattered their ambitions, and how some chose to outsmart their surroundings in an attempt to adapt without losing themselves. Others refused to submit or conform, while a minority chose to benefit from the old world, sometimes losing and sometimes gaining, with losses and gains varying. Aya Abdel Rahman tells a leisurely story within the thorny space of Cairo and its turbulent cultural milieu, offering us threads of salvation with a slow, stormy calm. It takes us on an inner journey into the soul of every human being who rejects restrictions and tries to emerge into the future from a life that resembles the end of the world.