Notes on "Crossing to Abbassiya"

     One man called Mostafa who was given the responsibilities for taking twelve people to the central asylum, Abbassiya.
     At the beginning, he lost his mission because the beautiful scenery caused him to recall the memory of his childhood, family, and lives. He unconsciously came into a café where reminded him of something in memory. Meanwhile, the twelve nuts were all gone and Mostafa must deal with this circumstance. At last, with his cleverness, he successfully found twelve Arabian nuts who desired to have jobs by lying to them for there were work openings for them to do.

     In Crossing to Abbassiya, I think we can clearly see the poverty gap for reading this article. Also, we can observe the discrimination in racism. These two factors can be examined for the condition and circumstances in this country.

     The protagonist, Mostafa, comes from a upper-class working status. His job can be easily made him "feel very proud" and no worry for the failure and mistakes. I would like to consider what the condition made him so proud that he had self-confidence to deal with the problems that may encounter. Seen in this light, the discrimination might let him to do so. He considers those lost people were taken to asylum that must lost their mind for who they were or what they had done, he tried recruiting those Arabian by lying to them for the desire of works. Namely, deep down inside, Mostafa knew what this country was wanting for and took its people as nuts. However, were they really nuts who were called by Motasfa? Perhaps the capitalism made the entire system be wrong so that those people were all strayed from who they really were. Furthermore, it could also be related to the economic problem which resulted in such condition so far since we see the Arabian keenly long for having a small job. Last but not least, the part of Mostafa’s memory can represent what he was lost currently. By contrast, the poor condition of Abbassiya pointed out what they lack of financial support.

     Through the humorous tone and sarcastic writing style, reading Crossing to Abbassiya not only amuses us continuously but also invisibly reveals a series of problems from the beginning of Mostafa’s business trip to the end of completing his mission.

--from the draft 2011.6.5