In “The City of Pleasure”, Ezzat El Kamhawi describes a legendary and nameless city built by the jinn for the goddess of pleasure herself. The City of Pleasure A unique city, simple to the point of abstraction, whose white buildings stand tall and light in the middle of the desert.

It is said to have been built in a single day and dedicated to the Goddess of Pleasure. Its inhabitants, shaped to answer the call of seduction and abandon themselves to lascivious caresses, are consumed by a burning and insatiable desire.

The pleasure of this city is a burning heat that never quenches, a fire that never subsides. The city of pleasure is a legendary place, where real, illusory and imaginary intertwine and merge.

The Iram of the Pillars created by pleasure In this book, Ezzat El Kamhawi describes a legendary and nameless city built by the jinn for the goddess of pleasure herself. A place somewhere between Iram of the Pillars and the Thousand and One Nights, it draws heavily from both history (the Qarmatians of the past and the Arab monarchies of the present) and from Arabic culture, both from the Quran and from fairy tales.

A text that, more than a true story, resembles the lore of another book or video game, capable of immersing you in a dreamlike, desert-like, and sensual atmosphere in just a hundred pages. If you’re looking for new, edgy ideas, this must be a stop on your journey.

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