The mother was bereaved of her firstborn daughter, Hind, who possessed extraordinary beauty. When her second daughter, Hanadi, was afflicted with acromegaly, the resemblance that had promised the mother a return of the absent child from death vanished. Acromegaly transformed Hanadi into a grotesque figure; the mirror's reflection shattered, and all her features were lost. The mother disowned Hanadi and denied her. She removed her from sight by taking her up to the attic above the kitchen. Hanadi fled, becoming lost between Beirut and Paris, and the mercurial winds of memory submerged both places. Many boundaries blurred, and oblivion became a blessing bestowed by the heavens upon the emptiness of this world...

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