The Autumn of the Imam

“Am I allowed to ask my book if I wrote it correctly?”
Pablo Neruda
“When the gods slumber, the mind awakens.”
Ahmad Juma
A journalist once asked the Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco, “What is a dictatorship?”
He replied, “It is to silence thinkers, intellectuals, and writers.”
“Only slaves ask for freedom; free people create it.”
Nelson Mandela.
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The savagery of the Imam, instilled in him from a young age, reached the heights that touched the sky. As he grew older, his cruelty intensified, fueled by ever-growing suspicions that spread like the fire of Judgment Day. The Imam, who considered himself the appointed vicar of God on Earth, crafted divine laws and edicts, embroidered with his blood, aimed at all those who surrounded him and glorified his kingdom, which basked in sunlight by day and was shrouded in darkness by night. If it had been in his power, he would have prevented the sun from rising. He believed that the darkness of the universe was a divine tool to plunge the inhabitants of his kingdom into total blindness, ensuring they could not see one another. He forbade the lighting of lamps at night, banned roaming the streets, and prohibited wearing dark black glasses.
He issued a series of Imam Decrees that included the prohibition of singing, holding celebrations, listening to music, and reading books, except the Quran and works by the Salafist from his entourage, whom he entrusted with the affairs of the population. Anyone who dared to read would lose his life. A
Autumn of the throne
The Autumn of the Imam

Ahmed Jumaa, the Bahraini writer whose words pulsate with the spirit and magic of his homeland. Letters flow from his pen, weaving worlds of imagination and reality, captivating hearts and moving minds. In every line he writes, you find whispers of the sea and the secrets of palm trees, as if he embodies the history of Bahrain in his stories and articles. Between the covers of his books and on every page, his love for his homeland, freedom, and commitment to human issues shines. The marginalized and crushed who live in exile and exile. He exposes the false reality to dive into the depths of forgotten cities, so his words become a beacon for lovers of literature and thought

This novel, which exposes the unspoken, is by the novelist Ahmed Juma