#kairouan
4 stories
دَرْسُ الأَفْعَالِ الخَمْسَةِ | The Lesson of the Five Verbs
Anastasia Chrome•6 min read
Five sisters in medieval Kairouan learn the unique conjugations of الأفعال الخمسة, as they each discover a different path to the same forbidden love.
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دَرْسُ النُّدْبَةِ | The Lesson of Lamentation
Anastasia Chrome•5 min read
A widow in medieval Kairouan learns the grammar of grief through الندبة, as words become vessels for sorrow.
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The Calligrapher of Kairouan | خَطّاطُ القَيْرَوان
Anastasia Chrome•6 min read
In the holy city of Kairouan, a master calligrapher finds his art transformed when a voluptuous Berber woman commissions him to write her wedding contract.
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The Judge's Widow of Kairouan | أَرْمَلَةُ القَاضِي في القَيْرَوَان
Anastasia Chrome•4 min read
A powerful widow known for her piety by day harbors burning desires fulfilled by a young scholar of sacred law, blurring the lines between sacred and profane.
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