Dreams of the City

Dib moves with his younger brother and their mother from his home town of Quneitra to Damascus after the death of his father The childrens grandfather who was known for his tyranny reluctantly agrees to shelter the grieving family and tries to force his daughter to marry again The magic of the city of Damascus takes over the conscience Dib whose main concern has become discovering all the secrets of this city is driven by his heart full of dreams but he sees nothing in his life except humiliation and cruelty The fragrance of childhood dies in Dibs heart as he grows up in light of the political fluctuations that prevailed in the fifties the end of the military dictatorship in Syria at that time the nationalization of the Suez Canal Nassers rise to power in Cairo and EgyptianSyrian unity in 1958 so that his rosy childhood dreams were shattered on the rocks of cruelty and violence The citys dreams turn into a nightmare