Antioch and the kings of the unseen

Either a life inspired by passion and illuminated by love, or a dark, gloomy wasted life? They are two choices for living.. This is how the nightingale begins her story. Antioch and the kings of concealment. Author: Lina Hoyyan Al-Hassan. Against the backdrop of the period before Antioch's annexation to Turkey, in that region where the rebellion of the Orontes River shaped its legends and stories, this novel tells the story of a group of women who lived during a time of major transformations, during which the transition from feudalism to the beginnings of the modern state took place, and the impact of that on their thoughts and lives. To the rhythm of the stories of the "nightingale," the storyteller, the midwife, the keeper of secrets, about the rebellions of "Fahriya," the daughter of the conservative feudal family, and about the intrusion represented by "Dada" in that family's life, and her influence on "Fajr." A tumultuous influence that gave her a new perspective on her life, helping her to escape her past as the "daughter of the fools" and to reconcile with that past. That night will remain engraved in Fajr's memory, for she anticipated everything from that woman who could violate any law, defy any conviction, and deceive all that one might believe about her. The time came when Fajr became as she once dreamed while reading books in the darkness of the church.. She heard much in the clubs of Aleppo about "women's liberation," and about equality with men. She followed the pages of magazines like "Elle," "Vogue," and "Gardens d'Amour".. In cinema, she watched the legendary legs of Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, and Marilyn Monroe, the legs of the male-dominated castles. Yet, Fajr still believed she met a woman more important than all those women.. She is that reckless, free-spirited hunter woman.. a woman who surpasses all the movie stars. A woman who possessed terrifying, passionate, fiery freedom.. a freedom dictated by her whims.