A historical story that sheds light on the period of Ahmed Ibn Tulun’s rule in Egypt during the ninth century AD, and deals with the establishment of the city of Al-Qata’i as the new capital of Egypt at that time. The novel highlights the interaction between social classes, politics, and culture in that period, through characters belonging to different spectrums, reflecting the complexities of life in the time of Ibn Tulun. In her distinctive literary style, Reem Bassiouni combines historical narrative and imagination, to offer the reader an in-depth look at this influential era in Egyptian history.