Retired thieves

"In 'Retired Thieves,' there is a devastating irony that reveals a doubt that almost turns into certainty about the illogicality of the world and its deception of us... The writer transforms irony not into a voice expressing mere oppression, where irony is the tool of the oppressed, but into stripping the world of its falsehood that masks the truth that contains its opposite. That is, irony becomes a means of philosophical generation, which must involve doubt, suspicion, and the sharpening and refining of tools."
Mohamed Badawi

“Abu Jalil ventured into a virgin territory, tempting for a novelist’s pen seeking fresh literary models, namely the Gamal Abdel Nasser facility, or as the public calls it, “Manshiyat Nasser”... The writer puts down his pen after writing a unique humorous work that combines depth in understanding the characters and objective detachment that makes what is susceptible to moral tension also susceptible to laughter and venturing into virgin territories in terms of the location of the events, in terms of the characters, and in terms of the narrative style that carries a new taste of satire.”
Bahaa Jaheen

"This text made me think and reflect that wisdom is the other face of irony... Throughout my reading of the text I laughed, a text that has an unusually long breath of humor; throughout it there are texts that direct our attention to the fact that irony is the other face of wisdom."
Dr. Mona Talba