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Choose a character and open their story. Read in Arabic or English, then imagine what happens next.

Ghalia with two braids and a plum-and-gold dress beside Eid gift pouches and cards

01Ghalia

Ghalia and the Blank Card

An unfinished card becomes a shared memory when Ghalia’s little cousin adds his own drawing during an Eid visit.

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Latifah with a dark bob and indigo dress beside a miniature loom, journal and textiles

02Latifah

Latifah and the Different Thread

A misplaced strip leads Latifah to a new pattern after meeting a weaver who inspires her to learn and credit her teacher.

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Saud in an ivory thobe and burgundy waistcoat with a toy dallah, cups and welcome cards

03Saud

Saud and the Extra Seat

When his sister’s doll has no seat, Saud rearranges his miniature gathering space and learns that a welcome means making room.

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Fahad with short curls and a sand bisht beside an earthen-house model and family album

04Fahad

Fahad and the Story Door

Fahad wants to fill his cardboard house with photographs, then discovers how to preserve a family story while respecting private memories.

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Hessa in a sage pinafore and cream blouse holding a little paper garden

05Hessa

Hessa lives in Riyadh and turns leftover paper into tiny gardens on the kitchen table. She keeps a notebook showing where each plant belongs and always leaves a path for visitors to her imaginary garden.

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Salma from Jeddah, dusty blue long dress and coral cardigan, long dark loose curls, holding a handmade postcard, warm waterfront garden

06Salma

Salma’s Postcard Without the Sea

In Jeddah, Salma draws little postcards from family walks: the shadow of an umbrella, the colour of a boat, an open window. She asks what everyone else noticed, because the same view can hold more than one story.

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Lulwa from Al Ahsa, pearl ivory long dress and date-brown vest, dark two braids, holding a palm-leaf-shaped paper bookmark, palm courtyard

07Lulwa

Lulwa and the Bookmark That Came Back

Lulwa enjoys walking with her family among Al Ahsa’s palms and drawing what she remembers when she gets home. She turns her drawings into bookmarks and asks her grandmother about unfamiliar words before writing them down.

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Amal's cloud drawing journal by a window overlooking misty Abha mountains

08Amal

Amal and Three Cloud Colours

Amal’s window in Abha looks onto a view that changes with the clouds. She draws the same scene at different times and compares her sketches with Maha’s. She is not looking for a perfect picture; noticing something new is enough.

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Ibrahim from Riyadh, white thobe and cobalt blue vest, short dark hair, holding a cardboard windmill, warm workshop courtyard

09Ibrahim

Ibrahim and the Quiet Windmill

In Riyadh, Ibrahim makes small models from paper and cardboard, leaving space beside each to note what he tried. He enjoys working with Faisal, whose questions often help him see a better way to make something.

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Hassan from Jeddah, cream thobe and sea green overshirt, short dark curls, holding a folded paper sailboat, waterfront terrace

10Hassan

Hassan and the Extra Harbour

Hassan lives in Jeddah and folds paper boats with names he invents. He draws their harbours on a large sheet instead of leaving them in the sea, and likes his friends to add new stops to the journey.

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Talal from Taif, cream shirt and sage trousers with dusty rose scarf, short dark hair, holding an illustrated garden map, rose garden

11Talal

Talal and the Forgotten Bench

In Taif, Talal draws maps of gardens he visits with his family. He keeps what he saw separate from what he imagined and enjoys returning to see how the plants have changed since his last visit.

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Adel from Madinah, ivory thobe and burnt orange waistcoat, short dark hair, holding a tiny handmade notebook, home library with palms outside

12Adel

Adel and the Last Page

In Madinah, Adel makes little notebooks from clean leftover sheets. He leaves them in the family reading corner so each reader can note a favourite idea, always keeping spare pages for someone who arrives later.

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