White Thread, Black Thread: Details Scented with Nostalgia

About this book

Khalida Al-Qallaf approaches memory as both identity and a private history of time and place. From the pink walls of Arwa School to an emotional reunion with her grandmother at an airport, she gathers moments that can provoke laughter, tears, longing, and renewed understanding. This is not a conventional autobiography but a mosaic of light and shadow, showing how the details of yesterday remain alive within us and can become sources of creativity, wisdom, and strength rather than burdens.