Aseer Alkotb Novel: Fadi Shoes

I remember the old sting in my feet, and my mother’s voice resounding in my ear: “He who steals your shoes today will steal your land tomorrow.” And I remember Hassan explaining it to me on that distant day, he said: “You mean that whoever you let steal your shoes today without resisting will steal your shoes tomorrow.” your land without fighting.” I asked him at that time: “And what is the relationship between the shoes and the land?” He said: “You own both.”