This is the story of the grim city of Cairo, inside its famous neighbourhoods, its noisy, busy streets, and the swearing we hear in the streets: a city that hates itself and its people equally. But it is also the story of the people of Cairo and their relationship with the places they visit and live in. Ashour is employed at a barber’s shop in the upscale neighbourhood of Zamalek. He thinks he will be one of ‘them,’ only to find himself considered an outcast by everyone: the residents of the neighbourhood, the poor, and even the government itself. He seems to be crushed by everyone in the city, but he does not resent anyone and chooses to give them the benefit of doubt. Through Ashour, the author takes us on journeys inside the smallest and poorest neighbourhoods of Cairo. We walk in slums where injustice is seen with the naked eye, against the women and the vulnerable. The government, in turn, has turned a blind eye and let the moneyed classes form their own gated communities, far away from the slums, a dystopian scene that only helps widen the gaps in society.