Nedim looked at the young teen in front of him and called out, "Khadijah." "I know what you're going to say, Imam Nedim. You'll tell me to have patience. You'll tell me that we'll find my father. You'll give me reassurances. You'll tell me that you believe in him, but you know what Imam Nedim?" The blue-eyed, Caucasian-looking teen whispered in question. Nedim quietly watched as the teen picked up the picture of his family on the table. She looked at it and smiled sarcastically before whispering, "I don't believe you, Imam Nedim. Instead of standing up for my father, you condemned him like the rest of the congregation. He isn't a terrorist. He never was. He was your friend, but you betrayed him. You helped destroy my family, while you live happily with your in. In my eyes, you're as bad as the men who shot him. Please don't try to console me when you are just as bad as them," Khadijah whispered before heading out the door.

They say that the Jinn were an extraordinary species. Made from smokeless fire, they had the ability to shape shift, were faster than the speed of light, and had the ability to defy gravity. No two jinn were alike and no two jinn had the same abilities. Many a legend surrounds the beings that are jinn, yet the most famous jinn in the world were never truly known as the powerful creatures that they were. They believed they were superior to humans, fooling the creatures of clay into believing that the jinn were something more than creatures of fire. I can't possibly tell you about all jinn and their ilk, but I can share one very important story from jinn history. This is the story of one of the most powerful jinni ever to have lived. How do I know? He was my brother.

It was a cold, winter night out in the great desert. The winds were howling, the crescent moon rested high in the sky. Out in the dark and desolate desert, a new life had been born into the world. Resting near the light of a fire, a woman sat, holding her newborn nephew. "You will be alright," she said. "You will be alright." No one but Allah knew what was destined for him. Whatever trials he would endure, whatever good he would achieve, all was written in the book long before his existence. The journey into his life's true purpose would be a long and perilous one, and so began our tale...

the road trip of a lifetime. [ cover by blissom / trailer by blissom ] [ started march 30th, 2013 - ended february 18, 2015 © paulina r. all rights reserved ]