By the acclaimed Egyptian novelist, journalist, and recipient of the Yusuf Idris Literary Prize. When a charismatic surgeon sweeps into a quiet city with an elixir of eternal youth, every citizen transforms overnight. But this “happy pandemic” soon plunges the metropolis into absolute chaos: elders refuse to retire, marriages disintegrate under newfound physical vitality, and cosmetic deformities sweep through the youth. Amidst this synthetic perfection, only one woman, Sherihan, fiercely resists the needle, choosing to protect the true, uncarved map of her lived memories and natural aging over artificial immortality. Zainab Afifi delivers a brilliant, deeply engaging, and darkly satirical fantasy about vanity, mortality, and the genuine beauty of the human soul. Cosmetic Surgery is a sharp, exquisitely written confrontation with a masked, ageless world.