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Odes to Peace: Stories from the Heart of the World

I started this collection while watching the news from across the Middle East and struggling to look away. So I started looking at plants instead: the ones that grow where nothing should, and keep growing anyway. Every piece in Odes to Peace: Stories from the Heart of the World is built from organic forms, stark monochromes, soft abstract washes, and sudden bursts of gold, because that’s what hope looks like to me. Mostly dark, and then, all at once, bright.

There’s Jordan’s black iris, holding its ground in the dark. Bahrain’s Tree of Life, surviving alone in the desert on water no one can see. The saber cactus, whose Arabic name also means patience. Lebanon’s phoenix pine, rooted in cracked mountain rock. And a stormy sea that still pulls toward tomorrow. Together, they tell me something I needed to hear: stand your ground, be patient, and trust that the light comes back.

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