A Special Painting
I used to greet the early dawn, courtesy of the scorching heat, but on that fateful day, I awoke to a dawn of new beginnings. As I beheld the gazes of my siblings, their eyes, a window to their innermost thoughts, I glimpsed the concealed anxiety beneath their unwavering composure, the sorrow that seeped through […]
The Eid Night
A young girl stands in front of the room’s door, her gaze fixated on the disarray within. As she was completely shocked, she turned her gaze all around, lost in thought and silent…Silence hangs heavy, while the noise of unfamiliar and eerie men fills the air. Questions bombard her, strange suspicions and doubts swirling around, […]
Once Upon a Time In Homs
Dear readers; I must warn you, this story has no relation to fiction. Any resemblance to other stories is cause for sadness and sorrow. Scene One: “A Royal Day” Here, the morning begins, nothing new in it. My rosy room, adorned with the dust of games played by those older than me with fireworks all […]
The Two Wings
Have you ever feared that feeling? Have you ever felt that something terrible is happening right now, but you don’t quite know what it is yet? And then you wish you never find out. You feel a slight numbness in your extremities and your head, terror of something approaching that you haven’t grasped yet. This […]
A Temporary Dream
A shade of green grass, new fabric, a terrifying sound, an act of running, and a luminous haze. I was in the eighth grade on that spring day of March 2015 when I finished my school homework and went for a walk in the neighborhood with my mother and aunts. I thought it was a […]
As Elderflowers
For years, this day has lost its usual sparkle in my heart, carrying nothing but sorrow and pain for my soul. I pray with all selfishness for it to be erased from the calendar, or at least for its night to vanish from this world, and for its daylight to shorten. I spend hours behind […]
Has He Risen?
– “Step out of the car, you have a conscription for reserve duty.” That sentence changed the life of the young man in his twenties, shattered his dreams and the dreams of hundreds of young men. On the border, those words were spoken, a border that was not just a winding line drawn by greed […]
Authentic Strength
How much time has passed since you were truly yourself? When was the last time you spoke without your words coming out fake and filtered? How long has it been since the last time you spoke honestly, only honestly? Now, I will do just that, I will let my pen free, to write the story […]
Harmony
2022/10/18Homs – Beit Al-AghaA warm applause, a perfect lighting shed on the frame, the audience, and the guests, and every musician standing behind his instrument, while everyone standing in front of them… Many colors, laughter and tears, hugs exchanged, and immense feelings filling the whole sky-like space that covers the place… The whole team stands […]
The Blue
The melody I love, and the voice I adore… Fairouz. “Good morning, sweetheart,” the echo of those words fills my balcony and my heart, as the scent of coffee does… I look at my little boy, Ali, from outside, he’s deeply asleep unlike his usual self. It’s now eight in the morning, two hours have […]