BY THE EXCITING REBELLIOUS VOICE, WINNER OF THE SAWIRIS CULTURAL AWARD (2017) AND THE EGYPTIAN STATE ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE (2024). Kafafi, a pure, coastal Christian youth from Alexandria, moves to the chaotic capital of Cairo to study media. Under the guidance of Rehab, he is ushered into the high-security cultural kitchens of left-wing publishing houses and cynical journalist circles, where his innocent worldview is shattered by rampant intellectual hypocrisy. Written with a provocative, surrealist edge, Lenin’s Deposit takes a wildly imaginative turn when an angel appears at Kafafi’s bathroom window, ordering him on a divine rescue mission under the code name “Amos 17”. Mark Amjad delivers a sharp, dark coming-of-age satire that fearlessly dissects religious and political dogmas, cementing his place in contemporary satire.