Chapter 49

Tariq pulled up to Wadi Street and stepped out of the car, immediately met by a wall of noise. A dense crowd of middle-aged men and women had swarmed the sidewalk, pressing against the locked glass doors of a financial investment company. A few staff members in sharp suits stood behind the glass or near the entrance, their faces masks of professional indifference as they exchanged heated words with the shouting protesters. Nour Khalil spotted Tariq from the edge of the throng and marched toward...