{"id":531,"date":"2021-05-14T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/2021\/05\/a-home-across-the-azure-sea\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:15:37","slug":"a-home-across-the-azure-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/a-home-across-the-azure-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"A Home Across the Azure Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
 <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A story by Aida Y. Haddad<\/h4>\n

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The rocky path is worn smooth by the tread of feet leading to a sandy shore that continues to the sea. The narrow beach is hidden from sight by huge rocks. It is crowded with people carrying light luggage, as if they were not going on a journey never to return.<\/p>\n

He watches her closely. His gaze does not waver for a moment; he knows that a moment is all it takes to lose everything… The child knows he’s there. He is always there. She runs on the beach, amazed at how her feet leave an imprint in the sand. She picks scattered shells that come from an enchanted world at the bottom of the sea, choosing the most beautiful to decorate the palace she builds in the sand, the palace of the nymph.<\/p>\n

He wishes his heart were made of stone. He turns toward his wife and her mother who are sitting in the shade of a tree. Coming early was a good idea; the new arrivals could not find a tree to shelter from the hot noon sun.\u00a0 His heart aches for his family. He swallows his tears and smiles at his daughter, who is focused on playing with the sand, building here and digging there, all the while telling herself stories, as is her wont. He wishes that at the age of seven she were less beautiful, so that maybe his fear would be allayed. Her orange hair bright as the sun when it hugs the horizon, the blue of the sea reflected in her eyes, and sometimes, when her eyes gleam joyfully, the green of a coastal pool… What homeland is this that lets wolves take away the childhood of its children?<\/p>\n

“Hiba, take only one toy, darling, we cannot carry much luggage.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I’ll take my Barbie doll and her daughter because I can’t leave the child at home alone.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“No, darling, we can’t…take them both.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The journey is long, and the worst has not yet come, like meeting people he did not want to get to know. He can no longer dream. All he wants is to wake up from this nightmare.<\/p>\n

Hiba runs to him.<\/p>\n

“Shall we board the big ship tonight, Baba?”<\/p>\n

“No, habibti, we’ll take a rubber boat, and we will be with all these people whom you see here, and that’s why you must stay close, between your mother and me, your hand in my hand throughout the journey.”<\/p>\n

“And will the nymph come with us?”<\/p>\n

“What nymph, habibti?”<\/p>\n

“My friend \u2014 I play with her down by the sea.”<\/p>\n

“I don’t know, maybe she will swim along with us.”<\/p>\n

“Will we reach a beautiful harbor and there will be no war?”<\/p>\n

“No, Hiba, no wars there, the fighting is all in our country.”<\/p>\n

He cannot shake off his thoughts: The record of their victories is the number of our dead. And what does it matter who loses the war and who wins it? The quicksand took over our homeland, swallowing everything. The swamps assassinated our trees. No one protects people like us back home, but will exile be more merciful?<\/p>\n

Fear, that they will be repelled by unfamiliar harbors. The stories that people tell abound about the sea, where the bodies of forever-lost migrants are piled up, about fenced ports, about what could happen to them even if they arrived safely. Another unknown and grueling start.<\/p>\n

The salt is in my mouth, in my tears<\/em>, the mother thinks as she walks towards her child.<\/p>\n

“Hiba, can I play with you?”<\/p>\n

“Of course, Mama. The nymph and I need a lot of help to build the palace before the ship sails at night.”<\/p>\n

“You have a new nymph friend?”<\/p>\n

“Yes!”<\/p>\n

“And how can I help you two?”<\/p>\n

“Dig in the sand with us, Mama, and tell me the story of the nymphs living in a palace under the seas.”<\/p>\n

“I told you that story a thousand times.”<\/p>\n

“Please, Mama, this nymph has never heard it the way you tell it before.”<\/p>\n

The freedom of her feet while immersed in the sand reminds her of a joy that she has no energy for now. Fear kills her heart. She dreams of her home, with everything she left behind. They will sail after dark to get to a safe haven in Greece, in Italy, she doesn’t know. And this rubber boat inflated by the sailors (you think of them as sailors, not smugglers, so you don’t get too scared) has become a rock that crushes her heart.<\/p>\n

“I’ll go see your father and grandmother and come back.”<\/p>\n

She walks towards her husband dusting off these thoughts so that he does not sense the horror that nests in every cell of her body.<\/p>\n

“Come, love, sit by me.”<\/p>\n

His puts his arm around her and feels her body shiver.<\/p>\n

“Not now, Walid, look at these people around us.”<\/p>\n

“What do they want from us? You are my love.”<\/p>\n

But he knows what she means. He sees how their eyes hunt her when she walks by.<\/p>\n

Feeling the heat of her body, he dreams of a place where they will be alone together.<\/p>\n

“It’s better not to leave your mother alone anymore.”<\/p>\n

“Looks like she’s asleep. I’ll go in a minute, don’t worry.”<\/p>\n

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“They insisted that I come with them,” the grandmother recalls. The ache in her arm and chest increases, as she closes her eyes and wishes she could sleep for centuries.<\/p>\n

“You can’t stay alone.”<\/p>\n

She doesn’t tell them that she wouldn’t be alone, that the ghosts they do not see will accompany her.<\/p>\n

“I’ll be a burden on you. Let me stay home.”<\/p>\n

And she does not add: “with my faded memories of a love torn by brutality.”<\/p>\n

“Emigrate, my son, with your family; your life stretches out before you.”<\/p>\n

“We leave together or stay together.”<\/p>\n

She does not say, “This body I drag is heavy, and my sanctuary is the invisible part of me, in which I store the images of those I loved.”<\/p>\n

She cannot breathe and the pain in her chest increases. She wants to call out to her son, but can’t. She sees her body lying under the tree, and next to her a nymph. The nymph tells her gently: “I can’t forget a rubber boat that I saw lurching between the waves; I kept circling around it when I saw a three-year-old child, wearing a red shirt, fall into the sea. I swam with him to the beach, hoping he could get his breath back. The image of this migrant child, alone in his death, was published in newspapers around the world*. Don’t worry about your family, I’ll be with them until they reach the harbor safely.”<\/p>\n

The grandmother smiles as she becomes aware of what is happening.<\/p>\n

Walid gets up to check on his mother. She has no pulse. Her eyes are open in amazement, and her smile lights up her face. How can you leave me so quickly, Mom?<\/p>\n

“Is there a doctor here, please help me.”<\/p>\n

Time passes slowly, a doctor confirms that she is dead. He asks his wife to stay with Hiba so that she does not see her grandmother. He needs to think. One of the sailors told him that he would take care of the matter, and move the body to a nearby burial ground, in return for some money. Does he leave it to them and not attend his mother’s burial? Or do they all go back to a city under bombardment? He sold everything he had to get the money he needed to pay for the trip. Does he let them travel without him?<\/p>\n

One of the navigators calls out to the passengers to get ready. Walid shuffles towards his family. After a day playing on the beach, Hiba looks tired. He looks at his wife’s stunned face, avoiding her gaze because he has nothing to say to her. She wants him to make a decision because she can’t, but he is used to saying nothing. Does he pretend to believe them so that he can leave his mother to them, knowing that he cannot believe them? He holds Hiba’s hand tightly, afraid she will get away from him, as if able to protect his family from the brutality of people.<\/p>\n

His daughter squeezed his hand: “It’s okay, Baba, don’t be afraid.”<\/p>\n

How did she feel his hesitation? He does not ask: “When did you grow up, my daughter?”<\/p>\n

“My fear is only for you, my love,” he says.<\/p>\n

“The j
\nourney is hard, but I learned to be strong from you. And we will arrive safely, do not worry.”<\/p>\n

“Of course we will, but how do you know?”<\/p>\n

“My grandmother told me that the nymph promised her that she would be with us to make sure we arrive safely.”<\/p>\n

“Your grandmother? When?”<\/p>\n

“Now.”<\/p>\n

This is her will; he now understood that she wanted to stay. He runs to the sailor and says, “That’s all that’s left in my pocket, take it, and make sure my mother is buried in a place where I will be able to find her when I come back.”<\/p>\n

“Don’t worry, I will. I will take enough money from you to cover burial costs, and I’ll attend the funeral\u2026 because of her face. My mother’s face looked just like that, though she died young.”<\/p>\n

The boat sails, and Walid’s gaze is fixed on the shore. He cannot grieve for his mother. There are no paths in the sea, only the froth floating on the surface of the water. The tide will soon erase their footprints on the sand.<\/p>\n

Walid felt like his life had been wasted.\u00a0 He had tried all the gods, was drained of all prayers. Would the pain abate if he, too, surrenders to the nymph to whom his mother and daughter resorted?<\/p>\n

On this path of foam, the nymph and the stories she inspired was all that was left.<\/p>\n

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\u062a\u0631\u0643\u0636 \u0646\u062d\u0648\u0647:<\/p>\n

“\u0647\u0644 \u0646\u0631\u0643\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u062e\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u064a\u0627 \u0623\u0628\u064a\u061f”<\/p>\n

“\u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0627 \u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628\u062a\u064a\u060c \u0633\u0646\u0623\u062e\u0630 \u0642\u0627\u0631\u0628\u0627 \u0645\u0637\u0627\u0637\u064a\u0627\u060c \u0648\u0633\u0646\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u0639 \u0643\u0644 \u0647\u0624\u0644\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a\u0646 \u062a\u0631\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0645 \u0647\u0646\u0627\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u062c\u0628 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u0628\u0642\u064a \u0642\u0631\u0628\u064a\u060c \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0623\u0645\u0643 \u0648\u0628\u064a\u0646\u064a\u060c \u064a\u062f\u0643 \u0641\u064a \u064a\u062f\u064a\u060c \u0637\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0644\u0629.”<\/p>\n

“\u0648\u0647\u0644 \u0633\u062a\u0623\u062a\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0639\u0646\u0627\u061f”<\/p>\n

“\u0623\u064a\u0629 \u062d\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u064a\u0627 \u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628\u062a\u064a\u061f”<\/p>\n

“\u0635\u062f\u064a\u0642\u062a\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u0623\u0644\u0639\u0628 \u0645\u0639\u0647\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0631.”<\/p>\n

“\u0644\u0627 \u0623\u0639\u0631\u0641\u060c \u0631\u0628\u0645\u0627 \u062a\u0633\u0628\u062d \u0645\u0639\u0646\u0627.”<\/p>\n

“\u0648\u0647\u0644 \u0646\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0631\u0641\u0623 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u0644\u0646 \u062a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643 \u062d\u0631\u0628\u061f”<\/p>\n

“\u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0627 \u0647\u0628\u0629\u060c \u0644\u0627 \u062d\u0631\u0648\u0628 \u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643\u060c \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639 \u064a\u062a\u0642\u0627\u062a\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0628\u0644\u0627\u062f\u0646\u0627.”<\/p>\n

\u062a\u0637\u0627\u0631\u062f\u0647 \u0623\u0641\u0643\u0627\u0631\u0647 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u0631\u0641 \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u064a\u0631\u062f\u0647\u0627: \u064a\u0633\u062c\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a\u0647\u0645 \u0628\u0639\u062f\u062f \u0645\u0648\u062a\u0627\u0646\u0627 . \u0648\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u0647\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u064a\u062e\u0633\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0628 \u0648\u0645\u0646 \u064a\u0631\u0628\u062d\u0647\u0627\u061f\u00a0 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0646\u062f\u0644\u0639\u062a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u063a\u062a\u0627\u0644\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0646\u0642\u0639\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u062c\u0627\u0631. \u0644\u0627 \u0623\u062d\u062f \u064a\u062d\u0645\u064a \u0623\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644\u0647 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u060c \u0641\u0647\u0644 \u062a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631 \u0631\u062d\u0645\u0629\u061f.. \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0648\u0641 \u0631\u063a\u0645 \u0643\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u0635\u062f\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0641\u0626 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0631\u064a\u0628\u0629.. \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u064a\u0631\u062f\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u062a\u0643\u062f\u0651\u0633\u062a \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u062c\u062b\u062b \u0645\u0647\u0627\u062c\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0636\u0627\u0639\u0648\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0623\u0628\u062f\u060c \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0626 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u064a\u0651\u062c\u0629\u060c \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0646\u060c \u0639\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0645\u0643\u0646 \u0623\u0646 \u064a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0644\u0647\u0645 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u0644\u0648 \u0648\u0635\u0644\u0648\u0627… \u0628\u062f\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0623\u062e\u0631\u0649 \u0645\u062c\u0647\u0648\u0644\u0629 \u0648\u0634\u0627\u0642\u0629.<\/p>\n

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“\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u062d \u0641\u064a \u0641\u0645\u064a\u060c \u0641\u064a \u062f\u0645\u0648\u0639\u064a”.. \u062a\u0641\u0643\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645 \u0648\u0647\u064a \u062a\u0645\u0634\u064a \u0646\u062d\u0648 \u0637\u0641\u0644\u062a\u0647\u0627..<\/p>\n

“\u0647\u0628\u0629\u060c \u0647\u0644 \u0623\u0633\u062a\u0637\u064a\u0639 \u0623\u0646 \u0623\u0644\u0639\u0628 \u0645\u0639\u0643\u061f”<\/p>\n

“\u0637\u0628\u0639\u0627 \u064a\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u060c \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0646\u062d\u062a\u0627\u062c \u0644\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0639\u062f\u0629 \u0644\u0646\u0628\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0631 \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0642\u0644\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u062e\u0631\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644”..<\/p>\n

” \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0635\u062f\u064a\u0642\u062a\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629\u061f”<\/p>\n

“\u0646\u0639\u0645.”<\/p>\n

“\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0645.\u00a0 \u0648\u0643\u064a\u0641 \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0639\u062f\u0643 \u0623\u0646\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629\u061f”<\/p>\n

“\u0623\u062d\u0641\u0631\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0645\u0639\u0646\u0627 \u064a\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u060c \u0648\u062e\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0646\u064a \u0642\u0635\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0639\u064a\u0634 \u0641\u064a \u0642\u0635\u0631 \u062a\u062d\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0627\u0631.”<\/p>\n

“\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0631\u062a\u0643 \u062a\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641 \u0645\u0631\u0629.”<\/p>\n

“\u0623\u0631\u062c\u0648\u0643 \u064a\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u0645\u0627\u060c \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0645 \u062a\u0633\u0645\u0639\u0647\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0637\u0631\u064a\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0631\u0648\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0642\u0628\u0644.”<\/p>\n

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“\u0633\u0623\u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0644\u0623\u0631\u0649 \u0623\u0628\u0627\u0643 \u0648\u062c\u062f\u062a\u0643 \u0648\u0623\u0639\u0648\u062f \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0642\u0644\u064a\u0644.”<\/p>\n

\u062a\u0645\u0636\u064a \u0646\u062d\u0648 \u0632\u0648\u062c\u0647\u0627 \u062a\u0646\u0641\u0636 \u063a\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0647\u0630\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0641\u0643\u0627\u0631 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u062d\u062f\u0633 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0639\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u064a\u0639\u0634\u0634 \u0641\u064a \u0643\u0644 \u062e\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u062c\u0633\u062f\u0647\u0627.<\/p>\n

“\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a \u064a\u0627 \u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628\u062a\u064a\u060c \u0627\u062c\u0644\u0633\u064a \u0642\u0631\u0628\u064a.”<\/p>\n

\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0647\u0627 \u0630\u0631\u0627\u0639\u0647.\u00a0 \u064a\u0634\u0639\u0631 \u0628\u062c\u0633\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u064a\u0631\u062a\u0639\u0634 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u062f\u064a\u0647.<\/p>\n

“\u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0622\u0646 \u064a\u0627 \u0648\u0644\u064a\u062f\u060c \u0627\u0646\u0638\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0623\u0634\u0643\u0627\u0644 \u0647\u0624\u0644\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u062d\u0648\u0644\u0646\u0627.”<\/p>\n

“\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u0631\u064a\u062f\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u0646\u0627\u061f \u0623\u0646\u062a \u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628\u062a\u064a”..<\/p>\n

\u0648\u0644\u0643\u0646\u0647 \u064a\u0639\u0631\u0641 \u0645\u0627 \u062a\u0642\u0635\u062f\u060c
\n\u064a\u0631\u0649 \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u062a\u0635\u0637\u0627\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064a\u0648\u0646 \u062d\u064a\u0646 \u062a\u0645\u0634\u064a…<\/p>\n

\u064a\u0634\u0639\u0631 \u0628\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u062c\u0633\u062f\u0647\u0627\u060c \u064a\u062d\u0644\u0645 \u0623\u0646 \u064a\u0636\u0645\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u062d\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0646 \u0645\u0639\u0627…<\/p>\n

“\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0641\u0636\u0644 \u0623\u0644\u0627 \u0623\u062a\u0631\u0643 \u0623\u0645\u0643 \u0648\u062d\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631.”<\/p>\n

“\u064a\u0628\u062f\u0648 \u0644\u064a \u0627\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u0626\u0645\u0629.. \u0633\u0623\u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0642\u0644\u064a\u0644\u060c \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0642\u0644\u0642\u064a” ..<\/p>\n

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“\u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0645\u0643\u0646 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u0628\u0642\u064a \u0648\u062d\u064a\u062f\u0629”..\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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“\u0633\u0623\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0643\u0645\u060c \u062f\u0639\u0648\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0642\u0649 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a.” <\/em><\/p>\n

\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0636\u064a\u0641: “\u0645\u0639 \u0630\u0643\u0631\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0628\u0627\u0647\u062a\u0629 \u0639\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u0629 \u0645\u0632\u0651\u0642\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u062d\u0634\u064a\u0629.”\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

“\u0647\u0627\u062c\u0631 \u064a\u0627 \u0627\u0628\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0639 \u0639\u0627\u0626\u0644\u062a\u0643 \u0641\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629 \u062a\u0645\u062a\u062f \u0623\u0645\u0627\u0645\u0643\u0645.” \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

“\u0646\u063a\u0627\u062f\u0631 \u0645\u0639\u0627 \u0623\u0648 \u0646\u0628\u0642\u0649 \u0645\u0639\u0627.”\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0642\u0648\u0644: “\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0633\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0623\u062c\u0631\u062c\u0631\u0647 \u062b\u0642\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0630\u064a \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627 \u0645\u0631\u0626\u064a \u0641\u064a \u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0623\u062e\u062a\u0632\u0646 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0623\u062d\u0628\u0628\u062a.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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“\u0627\u0644\u0622\u0646.”<\/p>\n

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Translated from the Arabic by Mishka Mojabber Mourani, an educator and writer who lives in Beirut. Mourani is the author of Balconies: A Mediterranean Memoir<\/em> and a number of poems and short stories in print and online literary magazines. She writes in English and in French.<\/p>\n

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