• Category: Stories/Novels
• Author: Al-Thuraya Ramadan
• Publisher: Dar Fadaat
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: First
• Number of Pages: 198

The twenty-eighth of the scorching month of August, 2011, was a day when the sun rested beneath the clouds. The end of summer and its glare, awaiting the fire of the pomegranate embers—and what can tell you of the pomegranate embers in Tunisia. I stand in a long customs queue, holding my passport. I was a bit flustered, and the ticket I had placed between its pages slipped out. I bent down to pick it up, but a hairy hand grabbed it before I could. I turned around to see the man standing behind me returning it with a broad smile. I returned his smile and straightened up.