Why Are You Crying?

About this book

Between the cold lights of a studio and questions piercing the silence of memory, Bader stands face to face with a question simple on its face but carrying the weight of a whole lifetime: "Why are you crying?" Those tears were no mere response to a moment, but an overflow of tales hidden behind the smile of a woman called Sahar; she who was no mere mother, but a homeland of steadfastness against the storms of poverty, estrangement, and loneliness. The novel takes us on a cinematic journey flowing between past and present, where the harsh lines of migration intersect with features of a childhood formed in modest houses yet full of the warmth of tales and colored wool balls. It is the story of Sahar whom fate one day threw into an orphanage, to return and make of her orphanhood a strength planting hope in her children's hearts, fighting deferred dreams to grant them a bright tomorrow. "Why Are You Crying?" is no mere literary work, but a mirror for every soul that tasted the bitterness of loss and the sweetness of gratitude. It is an invitation to discover how pain turns into inspiration.