The Tower
“‘If our horses were not already so tired, we could get to Aleppo by midnight.’ Philip was soon able to make out the Roman arch of Bab el Awa and the glittering limestone slabs of the ancient Roman road that went from Antioch to Damascus. The landscape all around them was exceedingly dry and a steady wind swept the parched plains.
‘It never stops. This wind blows continually, day and night, winter and summer. That’s why it’s called the Gate of the Wind,’ said El Kassem, pointing to the monument ...in front of them. ‘What could pass through such a gate but the wind?’ he observed, as their horses went under the arch. ‘A gate without jambs and without doors . . . without walls . . .’ He turned back to look at it again. ‘A gate which opens onto nothing . . . in the middle of nowhere.’ ‘It’s an arch,’ Philip tried to explain. ‘A Roman arch. It was built to celebrate the glory of a great empire of the past.’ El Kassem did not answer or turn again to look at Bab el Awa.MoreLess
‘It never stops. This wind blows continually, day and night, winter and summer. That’s why it’s called the Gate of the Wind,’ said El Kassem, pointing to the monument ...in front of them. ‘What could pass through such a gate but the wind?’ he observed, as their horses went under the arch. ‘A gate without jambs and without doors . . . without walls . . .’ He turned back to look at it again. ‘A gate which opens onto nothing . . . in the middle of nowhere.’ ‘It’s an arch,’ Philip tried to explain. ‘A Roman arch. It was built to celebrate the glory of a great empire of the past.’ El Kassem did not answer or turn again to look at Bab el Awa.MoreLess
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