
Novel · 2019
Prison of Memories
A novel about Fatima, who leaves prison carrying the weight of pain and tries to reclaim her life and rights in a society that does not forget easily.

The book’s premise
The prison door may open, while memory keeps its own doors closed.
The story begins as Fatima leaves prison without a home or support, still pursued by the effects of the experience and by society’s judgement. The novel does not stop at the moment of injustice; it follows what injustice does to a person after the sentence has officially ended.
Confronting a harsh reality, Fatima draws on her intelligence and strength to reclaim what was taken from her. Her journey asks whether punishment ends with the sentence, or whether memory and society continue to construct another prison.

Across languages
Persian translation
زندان خاطرات
The novel was published in Persian in a translation by Dr Ati Abiyat, a faculty member at Farhangian University, bringing Fatima’s story and its questions of memory and injustice to a new readership.
- Publisher
- Arshida Publishing
- Edition
- 2025
- Length
- 185 pages
- Format
- Digital book · PDF
News and reviews
Coverage of the work
Prison of Memories published by Lusail
Read coverage ↗Al-Arab Qatar · 14 January 2020Hamad Al Tamimi launches Prison of Memories at the Qatari Authors Forum
Read coverage ↗Al Raya · 14 January 2020Launch of the novel Prison of Memories
Read coverage ↗Al-Arab Qatar · 3 February 2020Second printing after copies sell out at the Doha book fair
Read coverage ↗Fidibo · 11 May 2025Persian edition of Prison of Memories published
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