Career
He writes in English and has published seven novels under his own name. In 2012, Mahjoub began writing a series of crime fiction novels under the pseudonym Critical reception/ In 2012 Mahjoub began publishing crime fiction under the pseudonym "". The Golden Scales is the first of a projected series set in Cairo featuring the exiled Sudanese detective Makana.
The second book in the series, Dogstar Rising, appeared in February 2013.
The third book in the series is "The Ghost Runner, published in 2014.
