The Devil Narrates

Author: Dr. Ahmed Khaled Mostafa

It's not important for me to welcome you, and it's not necessary for you to greet me with warmth. Let's agree on what will happen... I'm here to write, and you're here to read. It's not necessary that you like what I'm going to say, and I don't have to bother myself with tolerating you, so let's skip the pleasantries. I am a fanatical sheikh, the kind no one likes, and you are a curious group of young people, the kind I don't like. This way, we've avoided the obnoxious formalities that humans insist on using with each other. I will give you the opportunity to learn more, but not from me, as I suffer from rapid boredom. You will hear everything from them, in their own words. They know everything because they saw it with their own eyes. Don't ask me who I am; remember, you are here to listen, not to ask. And if you don't like what you hear, go and blow your brains out; it won't make a difference to me, just as if my soul were torn from me, it wouldn't make a difference to you... So, we agreed.