Four Ladies

From Middle Eastern storyteller Hussin Alkheder comes the FOUR LADIES a collection of short stories influenced by the four major cities hes lived in: Damascus Dubai Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai. These four grand ladies have played important roles in his life journey. In the Four Ladies we find three stories based in Damascus the cradle of history: Hand Made Crutches makes us feel the suffering of a mother with four daughters and a disabled son; The Green Bus gives a glimpse of Damascus both before and after the war; Love in the Time of Corona portrays the way some Syrians deal with the virus. Next Hussin is our tour guide in the luxurious city of Dubai: Baking Bread is a murder mystery; Lucky Ending tells how a Syrian tourist in Dubai is reminded of his house when he sees the fantastic buildings; and Hamama is a sad story about a road-killed pigeon. From there we fly to the enchanting city of Kuala Lumpur: Akev takes place in one of the modern buildings of Kuala Lumpur opposite the twin towers; The Power of Words tells of a conversation between the words on the page when they interrupt their authors writing; in Bedtime Story we learn of a father who lacked parental love. The last three stories come from the mega city of Shanghai with its miraculous system: The Writer takes us into the future to meet a construction tycoon who dreams of being a writer; The Cure introduces us to a spiritual man who spent ten years feeding stray cats on the streets of Shanghai; and finally On the Metro deals with a passenger who thinks he sees evidence of a murder on a passengers smartphone.