8 stories
The Arab Spring | ุงูุฑุจูุน ุงูุนุฑุจู
A journalist and a protestor meet in Tahrir Square. The revolution changes everythingโincluding what they mean to each other.
The Azhari Scholar | ุนุงูู ุฉ ุงูุฃุฒูุฑ
She teaches Islamic jurisprudence at Al-Azhar. He's the Western academic studying her interpretation. Between texts, they write their own story.
The Nile Cruise | ุฑุญูุฉ ุงูููู
A solo traveler on a Nile cruise. An Egyptian guide who shows her more than temples. Between Luxor and Aswan, they discover what ancient love felt like.
The Quran Teacher's Wife | ุฒูุฌุฉ ู ุนูู ุงููุฑุขู
He comes for Quran lessons with the sheikh. He stays for the sheikh's wifeโthe woman who serves tea and watches with hungry eyes.
ุฏูุฑูุณู ุฃูุฏูููุงุชู ุงููููุตูุจู | The Lesson of Subjunctive Particles
A shipbuilder in Alexandria learns the grammar of purpose and negation through ุฃุฏูุงุช ุงููุตุจ, as hopes and fears are expressed on a voyage of desire.
The Falconer of the Sultan | ุตูููุงุฑู ุงูุณููููุทุงู
In the royal hunting grounds, a master falconer captures more than prey when the Sultan's neglected sister seeks refuge from palace intrigue in his humble tent.
The Mamluk's Forbidden Love of Alexandria | ุญูุจูู ุงูู ูู ูููููู ุงูู ูุญูุฑููู ู ูู ุงูุฅูุณูููููุฏูุฑููููุฉ
A Circassian Mamluk warrior, sold into slavery and raised to power, discovers freedom in the arms of a Greek merchant's widow in the ancient city of Alexandria.
The Shipwright's Daughter of Suez | ุงุจูููุฉู ุจููููุงุกู ุงูุณูููููู ูู ุงูุณููููููุณ
Where two seas meet, a woman who builds ships stronger than any man finds her match in a Portuguese captain whose vessel she must repair.