The Muslim Brothelhood in the Bastille

By Hichem Karoui

In this fourth volume, Bassam Bourasin continues his hurly-burly speculation on the conspiracy of the cooks, members of the Global corporation of the Muslim Brothelhood. He fights on all fronts: Rats, angels, aliens, and the Multinational Muslim BrotheLhood Corporation, hijacking women and forcing them to work for the company.
When he asks Mr Aroussi, his jailed bank Boss, to hire Frankenstein after release as a vigil, he discovers that the latter has robbed a bank. Advised to hire a lawyer, he accepts without conviction, hesitates between pleading guilty or not guilty, and decides to be not guilty. As he is not sure the authorities jailed him without reason, he will continue writing down a top-secret report for the highest spheres to prove his loyalty to the government of Our Beloved General President (BGP).

The visit of his fiancee Dalila and her refusal to postpone their marriage for over twenty years plunges him into spleen and depression.
The Afghan and his Muslim brothelhood propose he join them. He refuses, although he is sure the conspiracy of the cooks is coming to a climax. He prepares himself for the worse, foresees his death, hears the voices of Munker and Nakeer, the prosecuting angels of the grave... and, out of the blue, explodes the thunder...which he takes for the voice of God speaking to him.
But actually, it was just the detonation of guns. For the rebellion has started in the Bastille!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hichem Karoui
• Release date: Nov 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005773847

Hichem Karoui

Writer /Journalist/ Senior Researcher: LondonPublished over 30 books and counting, (translations not included).Authored co-authored, edited, and published hundreds of daily/ weekly/ monthly briefings, reports and analyses, peer-reviewed articles, monographs, and books, about MENA region and international politics.Participated in many international conferences, either on the panel, as a member of the organizing team, or as a journalist.Has been involved with the media since his early career, thus serving in different posts: reporter, investigation journalist, copy editor, cultural journalism, political journalism, editorialist, and Executive Editor.Translated several books/documents. Also reviewed translations for publishers.Member of several academic boards.Veteran columnist and commentator for the media.Ranking in the top 10%of Authors by all-time downloads on Social Science Research Network.Research interestsRegional and international relations: MENA-Europe. USA, China, and major powers. Islam and Islamism issues. Power building, political risks, and conflicts.2022 Founder and Director of the Global East-West LTD (London)2020 Executive Director at The Gulf Futures Center (GFC) in London/ Senior Researcher.2018 Senior Fellow (Non-Resident) Charigo Center for International Economic Cooperation (CCIEC, Beijing). International Relations Consultant for CIBD (London).2016 Consultant for Underscore Media, EPC (UAE). Europe and MENA Region. And Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization. Beijing. China.Since 2015 Columnist-commentator, and free-lance analyst for varied media outlets: CGTN (ex-CCTV) News, Beijing Review.October 2013- 2019 Consultant at the Diplomatic Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Doha, Qatar.Until July 2013 Newspaper Columnist for The Gulf Today (UAE) and Al-Madinah (KSA).2011- 2013 Fellow Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Doha, Qatar): Coordinator of the Political Unit. Head of Electronic publishing.Until August 2011 Centre d’Etudes de l’Orient contemporain (Contemporary Orient Studies Center: Sorbonne University, Paris). Columnist and Paris Bureau Chief of Al-Arab Daily Newspaper (London).2009, a researcher at the Sorbonne’s Center for contemporary orient studies (Paris III), founded and edited a peer-reviewed academic journal, Middle East Studies, in which several renowned scholars have served as members of the international Editorial Board.Journalist2015-2017 Free-lance columnist for CCTV Panview; CGTN; Beijing Review; Chine-Afrique (Chinafrica)...Etc.2009-2013 Columnist for the English-speaking daily, The Gulf Today (UAE).1998 – 2011 (Paris)Columnist for “Awan” (Koweït) and al-Khaleej (UAE).France Editor for World Security Network (New York).Daily column « Trends » for “Al Arab” newspaper. London.Contributor for varied Arabic, English, and French-speaking media outlets:Arab News (Jeddah).Al Sharq al Awsat (London).Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (New York).Arab Media Internet Network (Internews-Middle East).Media Monitors Network (California).Palestine Chronicle (Seattle).Middle-East News Online (N.Carolina).Middle East Online (London). Etc.1993-1998 (Tunis-based) Writing a daily column (Tayyarat: Trends) for « Al Arab », London.1986-1992 (Tunis) Correspondent and international reporter for varied Arabic and non-Arabic media outlets, among which: Afaq Arabiyya, Alif Ba, al Thawra (Iraq), Le Monde diplomatique (France)...Translated books.1982- 1985 (Tunis) Reporter and Editor for the independent weekly “Réalités”. International Affairs Columnist and Political analyst for “Al Amal”. Contributed articles for “Etudes internationales”, Journal of the International Studies association. Tunis. Contributed articles also for Al Fikr, al Fikr al Arabi (Beirut), Al Hayat al Thaqafiyya, al-Maghrib al Arabi, Al Wahda (Morocco), etc....Translated books for varied publishers.1979-1981(Beirut-Based) Editor in charge of cultural pages of « Al Mouqif al Arabi », a weekly Lebanese magazine. Translated literary books for Beirut publishers.

Book preview

The  Muslim BrotheLhood

A wise report to a wise minister by a wise citizen

(A serialised novel)

Volumes in this series published by Global East-West (London)

Part One: The Secret Report

1.     Arrival

2.     James Bond in Jail

3.     Couvolution and Cooks' Conspiracy

4.     Muslim Brothelhood in the Bastille

Forthcoming in the same series:

Part Two:

Glorious Days in the Golden Age

The Morning of the

Mogul

PART ONE:

The Secret Report

Book (4):

The Muslim BrotheLhood

Copyright © 2022 Hichem Karoui

Global East-West for Studies and Publishing (London).

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The cover design is a genuine acrylic work by

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Contents

The  Muslim BrotheLhood

Dedication

Note of the publisher

Note of the author

Chapter (1)

Chapter (2)

Chapter (3)

Chapter (4)

Chapter (5)

Chapter (6)

Chapter (7)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dedication

To the memory of Nana ... Beloved mother...

You are always in my heart.

May you rest in eternal peace.

Note of the publisher

This is Mister Bassam Bourasin's admitted report as a citizen of His republic. He didn't give it a name. He initially addressed it to the Interior Ministry. Instead, it landed on my desk. I publish it as is, with no major changes to its form or content. However, because the report is around 800 pages long, it will be serialised. You will find here the fourth book: The Muslim BrotheLhood in the Bastille.

Other volumes will soon follow in Part Two of the series.

I also have to notice that this is a translation. The first draft was written in Arabic.

The author had no intention of publishing it. In any case, it is understandably unpublishable in the country... for the same reasons that silence any samizdat.

Hichem Karoui

Note of the author

ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS in my story, as well as the country, are not made up. However, even if some characters claim to be more fictive or strange, more crazy or foolish than others, they are not required to justify their location. My country can be found throughout the Arab world. Whatever name people give it, if you pay attention, you won't notice a difference.

Bassam Bourasin

"NOBODY DID A SECRET deal

Nobody was for sale

Nobody bent the rules at all

And nobody went to jail

And all of them were honest men

As white as driven snow

And lived on a higher plane

And shat on those below..."

Roger Woddis: All Clear

AND SO, WHAT COULD my sterile and uncouth genius beget but the tale of a dry, shrivelled, whimsical offspring, full of old fancies such as never entered another’s brain — just what might be begotten in prison, where every discomfort is lodged and every dismal noise has its dwelling?

Cervantes: Don Quixote (Prologue)

Chapter (1)

MR AROUSSI SAID:

- My poor old boy! I see the jail hasn't developed your mental capacities. Is it to tell me about your friends Frankenstein, Dracula, King Kong, etc ... that you insisted on meeting me urgently?

I replied briskly and somewhat rashly:

- Dracula and King Kong aren't my friends, sir, and I am not interested in getting them a job.                       

I did not realise yet that the Boss was not talking seriously. But Hassan laughed cheerfully while Mr Aroussi said, somewhat irritated:

- So you want to get a job for Frankenstein? Congratulations! I wasn't aware you are now a film director or producer, maybe. And in which location do you intend to shoot your er... movie? In jail?

Then, it dawned on me that I had omitted entirely that nobody knew who Frankenstein was since it was a nickname I had invented for Salah, the man of the Hammam. I have used it only in this report, never daring to use it before the inmates. Humbly, I tried to explain: 

-  It is not a movie, sir... er... I wanted your permission to er... I mean to ask you about the possibility of hiring him for the bank.

Again, I missed the shot. Then, instead of explaining, I made it more complicated, forgetting to call the man by his name. 

Exasperated, the Boss cut a grim face and said: 

- Would you stop talking nonsense, Bassam? I am not in the mood to enjoy your silly jokes. So stop going around the bush and tell me straight what you managed so clumsily to say, and without more conundrums, please.

The misunderstanding became evident. I had to be clear:

- I beg your pardon, sir. The man I am talking about is a specialist in every kind of security system used by banks. He was working at South Bank before it was robbed. I thought he might be helpful to us. I promised to ask you about hiring him, but I did not say it is urgent to... 

Anxious, Mr Aroussi interrupted me:

- Who's the man?

- Frankenstein, sir. He's working in the shower room ... er ...

- What am I supposed to do with him? Why are you telling me this nonsense? Do you think I have nothing to do but ... (He stopped brusquely, seemed to remember something, then said): Wait a minute. Do you mean that awful giant of the shower room?

- Yes, sir, indeed, I replied with relief. The point is he doesn't feel comfortable with that job. As he complained, sir, and I promised ... er ... 

- What did you promise, Bassam?

I faltered: 

- Ahem ... that he er ... with your permission, indeed... I mean that he might hope, just hope, sir, to be... to be... er... one day... not now... er... employed by... by 'Ouja Bank.

Mr Aroussi's face veered green. It seems I succeeded only in infuriating him. My misgiving filled him with