The Artistic Visage of Dalia

A Tratesman Named Idris Sulayman Decides To Leave His Day Job And Set Himselfup As A Building Contractor. In His Search For Work Idris Meets Pierre A Haitiancontractor And His Worker Pascal Charlot—A Real-Life Character Who Was Killed By Thebeltway Sniper. They Introduce Idris To Orkun Tecer And His Divorced Daughter DaliaA Music Teacher With Whom He Falls In Love. Dalia And Idris Are Now In An Intimaterelationship; Then Dalia Being Remarkably Fond Of Children Becomes Pregnant Givingbirth To Twin Boys. It Is Soon Revealed That She Is Still Married To A Man Named ZerenAnd Yet Dalia And Idris Continue To Live Under The Same Roof. In The Meantime Idris Isseduced By Reema The Wife Of Abel Maher Who Was Previously Employed By IdrisAfter The Former’S Imprisonment For Aggravated Assault Upon Tariq Haster Idris’S Andabel’S Compatriot.One Day Zeren Arriving At Idris’S House And Forcing His Way In Sexually Assaultsdalia In The Kitchen. Zeren Is Accidently Killed By An Attempt On The Part Of Dalia To Setherself Free. Dalia Is Bailed Until Her Trial During Which She Marries Idris. At Last She Issentenced To Ten Months In Prison. By This Time Idris Has Already Impregnated Reema;She Delivers A Boy Joseph.While Dalia Remains Jailed Reema Resides At Idris’S House Looking After The Threechildren. One Night A Devastating Fire Breaks Out In The Basement; Reema And Thetwins Die In The Wake Of That Occurrence. Idris Informs Dalia Of All That Has Happened.After Her Release Dalia Consumed With Grief By The Death Of Her Children Resolves Tolive Apart From Her Husband But She Soon Moved By Love And Compassion Relentsand Returns To Him.Idris Is Unexpectedly Obliged To Leave The States For A Week To Claim His Patrimonyafter The Death Of His Father And Brother In The Holy Land Where He Is About To Bedetained For Further Questioning On Account Of His Being A Political Activist Thirteenyears Before But He Resists Arrest And Strikes At Two Policemen. Having Beenimprisoned For Four Months He Returns To Virginia To Find Dalia Being Attacked By AbelIn Revenge For His Wife Reema. Dalia Loses Her Unborn Child.Idris Soon Discovers That He Is Deprived Of His Inheritance; And His Establishedreputation As A Building Contractor Is Damaged By His Absence. He Being Alwayshaunted By Strange And Vivid Dreams Believes That His Misfortunes Result Fromhis Failure To Curb His Sensual Desires; And Besides All Evils And Calamities Are Tocontinue To Overtake Human Beings As Long As They Remain In The Inner Core One Offour Layers Into Which All Mankind Are Classified According To A Curious Dream.Jamal S. Jumah Was Born In 1964 In A Town Some Miles Away From JerusalemThe Holy Land Where He Attended Two Universities And The Institute Of Fine Arts Oframallah And Then Spent A Year In The Canary Islands. After Having Immigrated Tothe United States In 1987 He Was Further Educated And Received Six Trade Masters.He Lives With His Wife In Springfield Virginia And Is The Father Of Three Sons And Adaughter.