Back to the complete issue
Monday, 30 January 2023

A photojournalist has one week in the “In Between” of life and death to make his life’s work matter

???? UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-

Deceased photojournalist Maali Almeida has just seven nights in the afterlife to find out who killed him: Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka is set in 1980s Sri Lanka amid a civil war. The book’s protagonist wakes up dead in Colombo at the start of the book and is informed that he has just seven days in the In Between. Almeida makes it his mission to lead his friend Jaki and her cousin to the stash of photos he has hidden that expose the ravages of the Sri Lankan civil war. Almedia achieved his career goal of taking photos “that will bring down governments. Photos that could stop wars,” but unless his friends can retrieve and disperse them, his efforts will have been in vain.

Enterprise is a daily publication of Enterprise Ventures LLC, an Egyptian limited liability company (commercial register 83594), and a subsidiary of Inktank Communications. Summaries are intended for guidance only and are provided on an as-is basis; kindly refer to the source article in its original language prior to undertaking any action. Neither Enterprise Ventures nor its staff assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, whether in the form of summaries or analysis. © 2022 Enterprise Ventures LLC.

Enterprise is available without charge thanks to the generous support of HSBC Egypt (tax ID: 204-901-715), the leading corporate and retail lender in Egypt; EFG Hermes (tax ID: 200-178-385), the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets; SODIC (tax ID: 212-168-002), a leading Egyptian real estate developer; SomaBay (tax ID: 204-903-300), our Red Sea holiday partner; Infinity (tax ID: 474-939-359), the ultimate way to power cities, industries, and homes directly from nature right here in Egypt; CIRA (tax ID: 200-069-608), the leading providers of K-12 and higher level education in Egypt; Orascom Construction (tax ID: 229-988-806), the leading construction and engineering company building infrastructure in Egypt and abroad; Moharram & Partners (tax ID: 616-112-459), the leading public policy and government affairs partner; Palm Hills Developments (tax ID: 432-737-014), a leading developer of commercial and residential properties; Mashreq (tax ID: 204-898-862), the MENA region’s leading homegrown personal and digital bank; Industrial Development Group (IDG) (tax ID:266-965-253), the leading builder of industrial parks in Egypt; Hassan Allam Properties (tax ID:  553-096-567), one of Egypt’s most prominent and leading builders; and Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz (tax ID: 220-002-827), the leading audit, tax and accounting firm in Egypt.