Category: Tricks

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA CHAPTER NINETEEN 1 Before the two officers could escort Elias al-Nabulsi out of the hall, he suddenly stopped and, with a gesture of his…

The Testament of al-Harīqa CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 1 Kamal al-Hourani was asked by the chairman of the committee to sit down, out of consideration for his condition. One of…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA Chapter Seventeen 1 The hearing session before the committee charged with the legal disputes surrounding the inheritance had taken nearly nine full days to…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA Part Three — Chapter Sixteen 1 Adnan, no longer certain that the will in his possession was the final word, decided not to rush…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA CHAPTER FIFTEEN 1 Two days after the break-in in Berlin, Lina finally decided that traveling to Damascus herself was no longer a luxury that…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA CHAPTER FOURTEEN 1 Berlin, at almost the same time that Adnan was sitting with his mother beneath the olive tree in Damascus. Lina Karam…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA CHAPTER THIRTEEN 1 “Your mother…” The words had been circling inside Adnan for hours, returning in short, broken echoes, refusing to settle into a…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA CHAPTER TWELVE … 1 That evening, Adnan received an unexpected call from Reem. Her voice was unusually tense. “Adnan, can you meet me tomorrow…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA CHAPTER ELEVEN 1 Two days after the digital breach that had shaken Lina in Berlin, she called Adnan at his Damascus hotel, her voice…

THE TESTAMENT OF AL-HARIQA CHAPTER TEN 1 Damascus, Summer 1978. Nearly a full year had passed since Haj Tawfiq disappeared from the hospital—a year during which Adnan had…