As one reads Olfa Philo's first collection of poems, (Un) jailed, one instantly recalls Dylan Thomas's refrain, " Rage, rage against the dying of the light" in his famous villanelle, "Do not go gentle into that good night." It is against the dying of that light that Olfa writes. Writing for her is an act of resistance, survival and empowerment. The world needs such a poetry that restores the light to people, a light that is endlessly dimmed by different forces which seek to spread fear in the hearts of people.

"Beyond the (sur)Face" in an excavation of the heart, soul and mind of the poetess so as to unveil the buried emotions and thoughts generally unperceived when looking at one's face . This collection of poetry, like the previous one " (Un)jailed," includes scattered pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to be collected, reordered and fitted together by readers in order to visualize the final picture etched in the writer's mind, hence fathom and assimilate the reverse side of each medal / gift offered to human beings whether wealth, beauty, love, fame, high-tech gadgets, amulets etc...