About the Book

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Q City is more than just a novelette — it’s the launchpad of a bold new experiment in thought, language, and imagination.

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Set in the Middle East, this visually rich story explores the intersection of storytelling and political theory, introducing a brand-new framework for political science. But what makes Q City truly distinctive is its origin: it was written to breathe life into an invented language and a new Philosophy — one that seeks to stand alongside, and challenge, the great traditions of thought, from ancient schools like Stoicism and Epicureanism to modern ones like Nihilism and Existentialism.

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What began as a new political theory has since deepened into something more intimate — a literary allegory inspired by the Zoroastrian, and specifically Parsi, experience.

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Now, Q City is not just a philosophical parable. It also offers in its introduction a quiet homage  to one of the world’s oldest and most remarkable communities — one that now numbers fewer than 60,000 worldwide. Think Le Petit Prince, but shaped by memory, resilience, and the echoes of a vanishing heritage.

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Like Tolkien, who created Elvish as more than a tongue — as a vessel for myth and worldview — this book imagines a language and a people who live by it. But where Tolkien stopped at mythology, Q City goes further: it proposes a new Philosophy rooted in cultural memory and lived experience.

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Because what is a language without people to speak it? What is a worldview without a community to live it?

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This isn’t a dry academic exercise. The theory is embedded in a world you can feel, a narrative you’ll want to return to, and ideas that might shift how you see your own society. It’s short in length, but expansive in vision.

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You’re invited to read the first thirty pages here. If it resonates, please share it — and let the ideas find new homes.

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This is just the beginning. The book is still on its journey — finding readers, allies, translators, and champions. Whether that means connecting with curious minds, agents, publishers, or co-dreamers, I’m letting the story find its own path — much like Q City itself.

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"They buried the past within chrome and code. But Baghdad is stubborn, and memory, like oil, always rises."

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