## The Morning of the Mogul *A Novel of Intrigue, Betrayal, and Absurdity*

**What if one ordinary morning you were dragged from your desk, stripped of your name, and informed that you were the key to a conspiracy you've never even heard of?**

Bassam Bourasin is a diligent?if slightly eccentric?bank clerk from the small Tunisian town of 'Ouja. One day he is arrested without warning, rebaptised "Prisoner 1228", and confined in a sinister "State hotel" that is nothing more than a gilded jail for disgraced ministers, crooked financiers, and hardened criminals.

Inside this absurd labyrinth, Vassam must fend off kitchen black-marketeers, a hulking inmate nicknamed Frankenstein, and a psychiatrist whose cure feels worse than the disease. Haunted by memories of the mother and fiancée he lost in a mysterious tragedy back home, he begins to suspect that his arrest is part of a plot reaching the highest echelons of power. Armed with nothing but wit, naivety, and a notebook, he turns reluctant secret agent, documenting every whispered password and hidden passage in search of the truth.

### Why You'll Keep Turning the Pages * Political satire meets psychological thriller, set against the backdrop of a revolution in flux. * A razor-sharp exploration of identity: when your name is stolen, who are you really?. * Dark humour worthy of Kafka or Orwell, revealing the thin line between sanity and madness. * An ever-twisting conspiracy of secret societies and "mind-hackers" where nothing?absolutely nothing?is what it seems.

### Perfect For Readers Who Enjoy • Orwell's *1984* or Kafka's *The Trial* • Blackly comic political intrigue • Stories that question reality, destiny, and freedom?because in Bassam's world, everything is *Mektub* (pre-ordained).

Will Bassam expose the truth and reclaim his life, or become just another pawn sacrificed to an invisible empire? Dive into *The Morning of the Mogul* and decide for yourself.

Writer /Journalist/ Senior Researcher

• Published over 30 books and counting, (translations not included).
• Authored co-authored, edited, and published hundreds of daily/ weekly/ monthly briefings, reports and analyses, peer-reviewed articles, monographs, and books, about MENA region and international politics.
• Participated in many international conferences, either on the panel, as a member of the organizing team, or as a journalist.
• Has been involved with the media since his early career, thus serving in different posts: reporter, investigation journalist, copy editor, cultural journalism, political journalism, editorialist, and Executive Editor.
• Translated several books/documents. Also reviewed translations for publishers.
• Member of several academic boards.
• Veteran columnist and commentator for the media.
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