8 stories
The Taxi to Tunis | تاكسي إلى تونس
A missed train means sharing a taxi from Sousse. The driver is handsome. The other passenger is intriguing. The journey takes unexpected turns.
The Tunis Medina | مدينة تونس العتيقة
She restores ancient doors in the Tunis medina. He's the architect documenting them. Together, they open doors to each other's hearts.
The Tunisian Olive Oil | زيت الزيتون التونسي
Her family's olive groves produce gold. He's the buyer who wants exclusive rights. What he gets is far more exclusive.
دَرْسُ الأَفْعَالِ الخَمْسَةِ | The Lesson of the Five Verbs
Five sisters in medieval Kairouan learn the unique conjugations of الأفعال الخمسة, as they each discover a different path to the same forbidden love.
دَرْسُ المَصْدَرِ | The Lesson of the Verbal Noun
A philosopher in medieval Qayrawan learns the grammar of action essence through المصدر, as she seeks the origin of love itself.
دَرْسُ النُّدْبَةِ | The Lesson of Lamentation
A widow in medieval Kairouan learns the grammar of grief through الندبة, as words become vessels for sorrow.
دَرْسُ التَّصْغِيرِ | The Lesson of the Diminutive
A mother in medieval Tunis learns the grammar of endearment through التصغير, where small words carry great love.
The Calligrapher of Kairouan | خَطّاطُ القَيْرَوان
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.