ولستُ أول مَن اختار المتاعبَ في حارتنا، كان بوُسع جبل أن يبقى في وظيفته عند الناظر، وكان بوُسع رفاعة أن يصير نجارَ الحارة الأول، وكان في وُسع قاسم أن يهنأ بقمر وأملاكها، وأن يعيش عيشةَ الأعيان، ولكنهم اختاروا الطريقَ الآخَر.»
“Amazing is a hidden treasure in Aleppo,” says one of the novel’s heroines. In her work, Maha Hassan tries to bring this amazement through writing and memories to re-draw Aleppo and its ancient popular neighborhoods, its rituals of living, the simplicity of its people, and their small dreams, before the war comes and destroys all of this in its path.
Relying on a unique technique inspired by the names of Arab and international novels and the titles of the chapters, the heroes of “The Amazing Neighborhood” tell us their story from “Zarqa’s Imagination” and “Beirut Nightmares” to the house of “Sleeping Beauties.”
It is a story about love, childhood memories, intentional killing, the emotional placenta, and the role of literature in our lives
A collection of humorous short stories that tells the story of “Mother of Projects,” which is the title that everyone gave to Mrs. (Maryam) after she succeeded in entering the Guinness Book of World Records as having the highest number of failed projects, which was the reason for putting her husband (Khaled) on the brink of bankruptcy.
The heroine of the story (Maryam) is a forty-year-old woman who contracted home project fever after she retired from teaching. She began turning everything that came before her into a project without paying attention to the proper procedures and the necessary permission from the state, and despite her husband (Khaled) standing against her failed projects and his desperate attempts. To stop the disaster, the end always came with their visit to the police station, then paying many fines and writing hundreds of pledges.
The collection of stories addresses the problem of home projects and the importance of following the legal regulations set by the UAE in order for the project to be completed properly and achieve tangible results without harming oneself or others. All the guidance and awareness in the collection of stories come hidden within a humorous and sarcastic form, so that the reader draws the lesson every time from within the context. the story
