In The Corona Merchant, the characters do not appear as superheroes nor as silent victims, but rather as human faces from a difficult era. Each carries their own anxieties, fears, and modest dreams while confronting a pandemic that turned the world upside down.
With the skill of a storyteller, Mostafa Hamdi introduces human models that reflect the diversity of the experience: from the merchant who sees opportunity in the crisis, to the ordinary person struggling to survive one day at a time, and those who intertwined fear with hope, despair with determination.
These characters are neither fully imaginary nor entirely real; they are a fusion of both—becoming a mirror for the reader, a reminder that they too were one of these “faces” in an unforgettable time.