I still remember that strange gathering of our relatives in our house on the day my father and mother went to collect my sister from the city police station. They all came to our house early that morning in order to see the new baby, and they gathered around the TV screen listening to the long list of names that was recited by a young announcer. Until my father and mother returned, before they cheered when that announcer mentioned my sister's name, I asked my aunt in astonishment what was happening:
- Did you gather like this on the day that my father and mother went to fetch me from the city?!
She said:
"No, your mother and father didn't even go to town to pick you up. You're just like the rest of the village children. Your parents pick you up at the local village station. Suzanne's is a bit different. She's a blue-collar woman."
Before sighing, she added:
God sent that baby to our family just in the nick of time.
Novel: The Blue Fitness Girl
To request more books by Amr Abdel Hamid, in order:
To order the Zykola Land series by novelist Amr Abdel Hamid:
Part One: The Land of Zykola
Part Two: Amrita
Part III: The Valley of the Forgotten Wolves
To order the series Rules of Two Neighbors by the novelist Amr Abdel Hamid:
Part One: Two Neighbor Rules
Part two: Daqat al-Shamo
Part Three: Akma Waves
