Sleep Close to the Sky

About this book

Between the thresholds of the past dwelling in mud houses and rooftops that once wore the stars, and between the present's din and challenges, Fawzia El-Dewadi takes us on an intensely personal emotional journey, drawing the features of "Iman"; that woman who was never a mere passerby in life's crowd. "Sleep Close to the Sky" is no mere narration of memories, but a mirror reflecting the soul's struggle between two poles: a despair pulling toward the bottom, and a hope pushing toward the heavens. The tale begins from a red prayer rug, the spiritual refuge of a mother who faced separation's storms and hardship's severity alone, building for her children a homeland of steadfastness and cooperation. The words flow to revive the smell of tea in the student residence, the awe of first estrangement in "Al-Ain," and the laughter of friends time never erased, in a marvelous restoration of human details that may seem simple but form existence's core. Through a nimble literary language blending memory's magical realism and deep analysis of the human psyche.