The Dreams

Dream 178

A decree declared that the best and highest posts would be reserved for Egyptians of Turkish or Mamluk origins.

I found myself walking on the street going nowhere in particular, until a friend who owned a sweet shop called me over and offered me a job as the accounts writer in his store.

At that moment his father’s voice reached us from where he sat in the shop’s corner. “Don’t let personal feelings corrupt your work,” he warned.

So I went back to walking aimlessly on the street once again.