Chapter 20Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
—Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, thirteenth-century Persian Sufi mystic
5:55 p.m. GMT+1, May 9, 2022
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Finishing her Asr prayer, Zara straightens out her dress. She hopes she has Xwedê’s forgiveness for her transgressions with this man she has only known for a few hours. For what is worse, that she kissed a strange man, or her straying interest in how she felt as she was doing so? Either way, she hopes, she believes that her prayers will help her move on from this moment as they have saved her from the atrocities of her past, like prayers did for her mother, her grandmother. But will God one day talk with her
