Memory

Childhood experiences are more important than any other experiences in a person’s life. There are many incidents that happen to us in our childhood that remain in our memory forever. These incidents are sometimes happy and sometimes sad, but they all shape who we become. A Story About Losing Sight One day while the boy was small, while he was taking a shower, he lost his glasses. He was in severe pain from losing them. The boy then thought about what had caused his blindness, for he used to see everything through them. ...

The events of the story take place in a Palestinian city, between the little girl Zahrā’ and her kind, affectionate grandmother. When the little girl Zahrā’ went on her day off to visit her grandmother in her old house, full of stories, and while wandering through her grandmother’s room she found a box in her grandmother’s wardrobe. When it fell to the floor, very beautiful buttons spilled from it, and a conversation began between Zahrā’ and her grandmother about the secrets of the button box. ...