In his latest novel, "Baad El Wagaa", author and certified life coach Fathy Tawila offers readers an intimate and deeply human portrayal of life with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The story centres on a character named Fathy, sharing the author’s own name, blurring the line between fiction and lived experience, and giving the narrative a powerful sense of authenticity.
Rather than presenting ADHD as a clinical diagnosis stripped of emotion, Tawila chooses a more accessible and compassionate approach.
Through simple yet evocative language, he brings readers closer to the daily struggles faced by people living with ADHD, particularly the challenges of adaptation, emotional regulation, and self-understanding.
The novel does not merely explain the condition; it immerses the reader in it.
One of the book’s most striking features is its language. Tawila employs poetic yet realistic expressions, crafting vivid imagery filled with sounds, movement, and emotional intensity.
This lively, sensory-rich style mirrors the racing thoughts and inner chaos often experienced by people with ADHD.
The result is a reading experience that goes beyond awareness, creating a state of mental and emotional simulation that allows readers to momentarily inhabit the ADHD mind.
At the heart of the narrative is a story of resilience. Tawila traces the protagonist’s path toward self-acceptance and growth, showing how perseverance, understanding the nature of the disorder, and continuous adaptation can lead to a better version of oneself.
ADHD, in this portrayal, is not something to be “cured” but a condition that requires coexistence, awareness, and the right tools for long-term coping.
In interviews, including his recent conversation with Sada El Balad English (SEE), Tawila emphasized that the book is also an extension of his professional mission.
Having studied life coaching and psychological rehabilitation in Greece, he seeks to transfer the knowledge and therapeutic approaches he learnt there to the Egyptian context.
He points out that in Greece, mental health treatment prioritizes self-work, rehabilitation after therapy, and equipping patients with practical tools to manage life beyond the clinical setting.
Tewila openly credits his education, mentors, friends, and professional community in Greece for shaping his understanding of mental health care.
His participation in the Cairo International Book Fair was not only a literary milestone but also a symbolic bridge between Egypt and Greece, an attempt to share a successful therapeutic model and spark conversations around psychological awareness in Egypt, where life coaching and mental health literacy are still developing fields.
Ultimately, this book stands as a sincere attempt to give ADHD patients a voice, one that speaks from lived experience rather than theory.
It is both a personal testimony and a public call for greater understanding, empathy, and progress in mental health care.
Through storytelling, Fathy Tewila invites readers not only to understand ADHD, but to listen to those who live with it every day.
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