Chapter by chapter
Our story
A locket, a long table, and the slow, certain way two people find each other.
2022
A table for eight
A friend's dinner in Jabal Amman, two empty chairs left side by side, and a conversation about old songs that outlasted the dessert and the candles.
2024
Two families, one evening
Coffee in the Al-Hourani garden. Ahmad's mother brought knafeh; Bayan's grandmother brought the photo albums. Nobody left before midnight.
2026
A ribbon and a locket
He asked with a silver locket tied in burgundy ribbon. Inside, the photograph from that first dinner — they had both kept a copy.





