Preface

The origin of the writing of this book was the encouragement of a friend.She suggested that I write down my experience of isolation in Wuhan.She said, “Adham, if we don’t write down this history ourselves, our enemy will write it.” She did capture that to which I am sensitive.I decided not to leave Wuhan in order to convey to the outside world the stories of what happened in this city during the new coronary pneumonia epidemic.Therefore, it was necessary to record in detail the views I expressed in interviews with various media and the content published on my Facebook homepage, so as to restore the real Wuhan during the epidemic.

This book presents what I have seen, heard and thought from December 31, 2019 to March 30, 2020, from the first report of unexplained pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the end of home quarantine.In the book, I will introduce to readers my 68-day home isolation experience through a combination of narrative and discussion.I always like to tell stories in chronological order, rather than frequent flashbacks and interruptions, because it helps to clarify certain key issues, especially political issues.

Although this book attempts to cover the entire period of Wuhan’s lockdown, there have been too many stories during this period, and I chose the most important stories to tell.This book is an excerpt of relevant posts and data posted on the Facebook homepage during my quarantine period.

In order to retain the soul of these posts and data, I did not make any changes to them.Readers can follow the entire process of Wuhan’s control of the epidemic based on the data in the book.

Here, I would like to thank all those who contributed to this book, all the comrades and friends who accompanied me during the quarantine period (both online and offline), thank my family, and thank all the people who are mentioned in this book, thank all those who have supported and encouraged me, especially Duha Shams and Mei, you are the driving force behind me writing of this book.