Strings - Capstone Amal Al Shamsi (1)

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the meat was a bit off, or the curls on the bread were not tight enough. How arbitrary it was, thatthey should eat it.That night. his wife flew to Germany with two coats, holding one in her arms.Some time later, when he arrived for another visit, he stopped the car next to the emptylot and called Qasem. It had been a while since he had heard his voice.“Are you still in your cave?” His older brother had been sheltering himself in Al Ain. Hehadn’t really, he was just working on an operation. He was assigned to the area when he becamea serious police officer, not that he had ever been a traffic cop or a desk jockey. It had crossedHamza’s mind that maybe the man selected it, he would be the type to like being far away,surrounded by hills, just him and his family for miles. Hamza could never tell him.The voice on the other side was far away but sturdy. Was this voice ever childlike andafraid? “Is mama there, asking about me?”“I’m just visiting her.”“As I’ve heard,” Qasim said. “She was telling me she found things in our old rooms.”Letters to girls in his class, some letters back. Old photos of a foreign sky. “Yes,” Hamzachuckled, “I have them at hand. Can make a personal delivery to you, if you want.”“You crazy guy,” he said, laughing a bit.“I know. I threw them.”“Good.”“I’m joking.”“Throw them. Make another fire.”“Did mama tell you about that?”“I think. It’s hasad.”Hamza felt himself begin to sweat, it was hot outside. He looked around at the lot, therewas no ash left. Someone had cut down the blackened trees, then covered the stumps with sand.He felt too lazy to check. “From who? Can you be jealous of palm trees?”“Everything, Hamza,” the man said, maybe he was smiling. He smiled when he meant tolaugh.“You’re right. Those trees were about to live forever.”“They were there before Big Ben.”Hamza wanted to smile.75
“I hope you didn’t do anything stupid like try to preserve the place for him,” Qasem said.“You always do stupid things…”“Qasem,” Hamza said, almost apologetically, “It fell out of my mind.”“Good.”76
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LeavingThe kids in the neighborhood
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Lamya looked at him sideways, picki
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StringsIn two instances, Hamza reme
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She had overcome the urge to press
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FamiliarWhile they were young, most
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Neck of the Hourglass“Is it hered
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Hamza leaned his head back exaggera
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“Let me at least put my things do
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“I read that in a poem.”“When
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Page 29 and 30: That was one of their last outings
Page 31 and 32: Faisal was suddenly re-animated for
Page 33 and 34: CavityFaisal left New York, in stag
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Page 39 and 40: West VillageA quarter of a lifetime
Page 41 and 42: Picking up the cutlery, he began to
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Page 47 and 48: “Because then Sara got married an
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Page 53 and 54: “Right,” he told her.“If you
Page 55 and 56: Hamza stood before the history clas
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Page 59 and 60: ThiefWhen the day reset, he decided
Page 61 and 62: “Who is Eisa?” one of the other
Page 63 and 64: Almost CrescendoAfter a brisk walk,
Page 65 and 66: Hamza stared at the glass table bef
Page 67 and 68: “Thank you. But it’s a little b
Page 69 and 70: “Hamza, you could know and not wa
Page 71 and 72: “Lamya had let it happen.” Lamy
Page 73 and 74: “My hands are broken, just for yo
Page 75: She partially closed the door, but
Page 79 and 80: It occurred to Hamza a couple of ti
Page 81 and 82: exhale smoke. She continued to laug
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Page 99 and 100: “Baba, when we get home, can I us
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Page 107 and 108: DetourThe desert only gets hotter t
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