Love behind the high walls

First edition: 2022 publisher: Dar Al Saqi. Jeddah, as its sea, cannot face its rage, nor resist its seduction and fall in love with it. Between the lines is a biography of the Al Jaddawi family that started from Faraj, son of the Sea Alley, who is knowledgeable about the lives of kings and great leaders, to his grandson, the fighter Saleh. It is the story of a city whose people, of ease and hardship, included the dreams of Hassan and Rida, the strength of Khadija's will and her attachment to her home, Amani Hind, and Jaleela's brokenness, and the whispering of women behind the shutters about the secrets of closed houses, and the laughter of children playing in the alleys. Events mixed with sad and joyful flavors, and stories full of the sea, sailors, diving, pearls, and incomplete love stories. Zainab Hafni is a Saudi novelist and storyteller. She has published with Dar Al Saqi a cushion for weaving, I no longer cry, features.