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A Seed in the Sands
A humble worker leaves Basra for Baghdad, never imagining that fate will lead him from poverty to power and into the mysteries of a queen. A timeless tale of love, betrayal, survival, and a grandfather's story preserved on an old cassette tape.
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A Seed in the Sands is a journey through memory, fate, love, betrayal, survival, and hope.
Ahmad is a humble young laborer from Basra who leaves behind his aging mother and sets out for Baghdad in search of a better life. What begins as a simple journey soon carries him into an extraordinary world of royal courts, hidden identities, dangerous journeys, unexpected love, and turns of fate that reach far beyond Baghdad to the kingdom of China.
Yet this is more than Ahmad's story.
At its heart lies a treasured family memory: a tale told by the author's grandfather during a cold winter night in the midst of the Iran–Iraq War, while family and friends gathered around a kerosene heater. His voice was captured on an old cassette tape, preserving a story that would remain with the author for decades.
Framed through the playful encounter between a clever mouse and a hungry cat, the story unfolds like a traditional tale passed from one generation to the next.
A Seed in the Sands is both an adventure and an act of remembrance — a tribute to storytelling, family, and the stories that survive long after the voices that first told them have faded.
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Kamal Habibi
Kamal Habibi is the author of A Seed in the Sands, a story inspired by a tale preserved in his family for decades. Originally told by his grandfather and recorded on a cassette tape during the Iran–Iraq War, the story combines memory, folklore, adventure, and the enduring power of oral storytelling.
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