The cover of "Haiym or the Destiny of the Unequal" (Dergham), by Youssef Mouawad.
We are at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, in a Levant under Ottoman domination, a little-known period of history. Haiym is a Jew of Sephardic origin, and his family is settled in Syria. He will become the treasurer of the Mamluk plenipotentiary of Bosnian origin, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar. The latter, born a Christian and convert to Islam, ruled Acre with terror. Haiym Farhi is part of the minorities who must grovel to access a position and who, despite their laudatory discourse and repugnant obsequiousness, risk their lives at any moment. Moreover, his loyalty will be severely tested by Jazzar, who would have him disfigured.Lawyer and historian, author of several legal and historical works, Youssef Mouawad, in his latest publication at Dergham, "Haiym or the Destiny of the Unequals," beyond the...
We are at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, in a Levant under Ottoman domination, a little-known period of history. Haiym is a Jew of Sephardic origin, and his family is settled in Syria. He will become the treasurer of the Mamluk plenipotentiary of Bosnian origin, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar. The latter, born a Christian and convert to Islam, ruled Acre with terror. Haiym Farhi is part of the minorities who must grovel to access a position and who, despite their laudatory discourse and repugnant obsequiousness, risk their lives at any moment. Moreover, his loyalty will be severely tested by Jazzar, who would have him disfigured.Lawyer and historian, author of several legal and historical works, Youssef Mouawad, in his latest publication at Dergham, "Haiym or the Destiny of the Unequals," beyond the...