The Blue Between Sky And Water
“He hoped to convince his son to travel with him, to mourn in the bosom of family, where Teta Nazmiyeh, Jiddo Atiyeh, and the old beekeeper’s widow held a wake for their Yasmine, whose prolonged absence made her passing all the more painful. But they were happy that Mamdouh would be there soon, until news came that his son was also gone. The accident that had killed Mhammad had broken Mamdouh when he was already broken. He called his sister in Gaza. “There is nothing in the world I want more tha...n to be home now. There is nothing left for me here, but I have to wait a while longer so I can return with Nur.” My teta and her brother spoke several times a week after that. Their conversations were almost exclusively about Nur. Teta believed that Mariam lived in her. There could be no other explanation for her mismatched eyes. Then the calls stopped.
Whenever Nur had asked her jiddo about her mother, he would simply say, “She had to leave and I don’t know where she went, darling.”MoreLess
Whenever Nur had asked her jiddo about her mother, he would simply say, “She had to leave and I don’t know where she went, darling.”MoreLess
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