5 stories
دَرْسُ صِيغَةِ المُبَالَغَةِ | The Lesson of Intensive Forms
A storyteller in medieval Tangier learns the grammar of intensity through صيغة المبالغة, as her passion for tales becomes matched by a listener's passion for her.
الحكواتي | The Storyteller of Marrakech
An ancient storyteller in Jemaa el-Fna discovers passion with a woman who stays to hear all his tales.
The Storyteller's Tent
At festivals across Palestine, Hakawati Abu Jamil tells tales—until visiting writer Sara asks for a private performance and discovers some stories need two voices.
The Mogadishu Memory
She remembers Mogadishu before the war—a thick widow who tells stories of beaches and nightclubs. When he asks to hear more, she shows him the passion that once filled the city. Some memories are meant to be relived.
The Storyteller of Marrakech | راوي مَرّاكُش
In the bustling square of Marrakech, a legendary storyteller discovers that his most captivating tale is the one he lives with a voluptuous widow who came to hear his stories.