6 stories
The Damascene Rose | ุงููุฑุฏุฉ ุงูุฏู ุดููุฉ
A perfumer in Damascus before the war. A journalist documenting its last days. Their brief encounter becomes permanent memory.
ุฏูุฑูุณู ุงูู ูููุนูููู ู ูุนููู | The Lesson of Accompaniment
A merchant's wife in medieval Aleppo learns the grammar of accompaniment through ุงูู ูุนูู ู ุนู, as she walks alongside desire under the moonlit souks.
ุฏูุฑูุณู ุฃูุณูู ูุงุกู ุงูุฃูููุนูุงูู | The Lesson of Noun-Verbs
A commander in medieval Aleppo learns the grammar of instant commands through ุฃุณู ุงุก ุงูุฃูุนุงู, where single words carry the force of entire sentences.
ุฏูุฑูุณู ุงุณูู ู ุงูุขููุฉู | The Lesson of the Noun of Instrument
A blacksmith in medieval Aleppo learns the grammar of tools through ุงุณู ุงูุขูุฉ, as she forges instruments of war and discovers one that forges hearts.
The Glassblower's Muse of Aleppo | ู ูููููู ูุฉู ุตูุงููุนู ุงูุฒููุฌูุงุฌู ูู ุญูููุจ
A master glassblower creates vessels of impossible beauty, each one shaped by the curves of the mysterious woman who visits his workshop at midnight.
The Jeweler of Aleppo | ุตุงุฆูุบู ุญูููุจ
In the grand souk of Aleppo, a master jeweler crafts his finest creationโa passionate affair with a voluptuous Turkish noblewoman who seeks more than gold.