1996. Tariq is 16 with a 9-year-old mindset. He leaves home in the Enclave and crosses the Israeli/Lebanese demarcation line, 18km from the internationally recognized frontier. Tariq’s absconding and irrational reasoning puts his life at grave risk. His grandfather Daoud and his friend, Ali, are double agents, entangled by the choking vines of their violent past.
Tariq’s grandmother is trapped in a loveless marriage with a tragic backdrop. The work explores the intricacies of those souls with intimacy and delicacy, bringing the tale to a conclusion that is as sad as it is horrifying. In a United Nations post within Hassan Burro Lebanese army barracks, a military police commander gets more than he bargains for, in a tale strongly advising that sometimes it’s by far better to pause and listen…
Sawsoon celebrates Christmas as she tries to rebuild her life, not knowing if she has enough pieces to even begin doing so…
Tariq and Albir ponder a journey to the Chouf mountains, via Beirut, unaware their decision is either lifesaving or life-ending.
The widow of a murdered UN Irish soldier remembers.
A furlough to Jerusalem brings little holiness.
A much-loved donkey in Lebanon perishes in a traffic accident...it's assumed.
