[2] The novel was the result of a set of literary and political factors that Al Hakim was influenced by as writers of his generation in Egypt, in a period between the two wars.
However, among the most important of them is 1919 revolution, which constituted a victory national idea in the political field as it gave the thinkers hope for achieving the Egyptian character.
He lives a simple life with his three uncles and an aunt who takes care of them after she misses the chance of getting married.
Mustafa, a well-off young man, leaves his shop, which he inherited from his father Kafr El Zayat.
Suniyah collides with aunt Zanouba, who dreams of marrying Mustafa and uses magic to win his heart, but she fails.