6 stories
Bhamdoun Pianist's Return | عودة عازفة بحمدون
She returns to her bombed family home in Bhamdoun after forty years. He's the contractor hired to rebuild it. In the ruins of memory, they construct something new. 'Inti el beit el jdid' (أنتِ البيت الجديد).
The Damascene Rose | الوردة الدمشقية
A perfumer in Damascus before the war. A journalist documenting its last days. Their brief encounter becomes permanent memory.
The Ottoman Bath Keeper | حارسة الحمام العثماني
She maintains the last traditional hammam in Thessaloniki. He's the historian documenting what remains of Ottoman Greece. Their research becomes immersive.
זיכרון יום הזיכרון | Memorial Day Memory
On Yom Hazikaron, a war widow meets a man who served with her late husband—and together they learn to remember and to live.
The Last Keymaker
Abu Salim makes keys for locks that no longer exist—until historian Jana discovers his workshop and learns some doors should never be closed.
Neon Rain
In a city where memories can be bought and sold, one detective searches for his own stolen past.