(When he thinks about it now, his guess is thus: Trees were kind of missing in the landscape he found himself in at the time, and so he was hungry for them.) He didn’t know why this tree caused him to stride forward as if magnetized. It wasn’t particularly striking or artistic. ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, March 14, fourteen-year-old Adam Chen went to the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.Ī thirteenth-century drawing of a tree caught his gaze. Adam’s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father.Īlone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals.until they meet. Intent on keeping the memory of his mum alive for his little sister. Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam’s stopped going to classes, intent instead, on perfecting the making of things.

When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.įuelled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer” version of herself in a place where no one knows her. Meet Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, she isn’t bad. Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are. An unforgettable romance following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.

Love from a to z adam