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This collection of stories is considered a unique experience among Naguib Mahfouz's narrative experiences, as it contains five interwoven stories, united by the idea, style, and vision of life. Stories that the reader finds himself in the midst of their events, not knowing when they began, and not realizing until he reaches the last line that they have ended. It revolves around the conflict of philosophical and existential ideas and visions. In the story "A Story Without Beginning and Ending," Mahfouz deals with the ongoing conflict between religion and science, and in the story "The Lovers' Lane" he explores the human soul that is conflicted by confusion and the fragility of faith. The vision in the story "Rubabika" expands to include the common suffering between human beings, or false hopes and attachment. With things that are constantly changing, as in the story "The Man Who Lost His Memory Twice," while in the story "Amber Lulu," the conflict between reality and imagination and the desire to be liberated from established values ​​is evident.