30 year old Abdulaziz told me he stumbled in the academic race. ‘Are you a Muslim???’ - his towering father asked, when he saw the very low scores at every single discipline. ‘Yes’ - little Abdulaziz replied ‘Then, how come you even failed in Koranic Studies????’ - retorted the exasperated dad.
Forget straight A's; let other children worry about these banalities. I’m led to believe he was tailored for something greater: he's the maestro of Dostoevskian drama, a kind of Shakespeare of mishaps.
The warmth of his spirit isn't just a Saudi thing; it's a global warming phenomenon. Saudi may be his birthplace, but Africa holds the key to his heart. He grew up in a neighborhood densely populated with Somalis and Sudanese. His best friend is from Sudan. He wasn’t even remotely impressed by my long list of visited countries, because mother Africa is the great and only mother. And my travels around the world are still orphaned.
His hair and beard? Blacker than his Adidas tracksuit—because why settle for monochrome when you can have a shade darker than your clothes? His hair heard about his academic escapades and decided to out-dark them all. From all of my paintings, his favourite series are my portraits in shades of black of ‘The Exiled’.
‘I wanted to study design’ - he says while he impeccably arranges the coffee cups in his cafe.
Yet, it's not just about aesthetics; Abdulaziz's personality is a mix of contradictions and charisma. The ignorant may label him as a student who stumbled, but in the divine corners of literature and profound thinking, he emerges victorious. Everyday after work, he drives straight home to read dozens of books. He’s now reading three volumes of Dostoevsky. Who needs vulgar success at a really bad noisy secondary school when you have a well used library card and a penchant for rarefied Russian literature?
So, as we sip his coffee with mastic—as complex as a Dostoevsky plot—I can't help but admire the man. Abdulaziz isn't just an eternal student; he's a major character in a comedy of errors called life, a literary connoisseur with a love for coffee, and a fashion icon even in a simple tracksuit.
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30 year old Abdulaziz told me he stumbled in the academic race.
‘Are you a Muslim???’ - his towering father asked, when he saw the very low scores at every single discipline.
‘Yes’ - little Abdulaziz replied
‘Then, how come you even failed in Koranic Studies????’ - retorted the exasperated dad.
Forget straight A's; let other children worry about these banalities. I’m led to believe he was tailored for something greater: he's the maestro of Dostoevskian drama, a kind of Shakespeare of mishaps.
The warmth of his spirit isn't just a Saudi thing; it's a global warming phenomenon.
Saudi may be his birthplace, but Africa holds the key to his heart. He grew up in a neighborhood densely populated with Somalis and Sudanese. His best friend is from Sudan. He wasn’t even remotely impressed by my long list of visited countries, because mother Africa is the great and only mother. And my travels around the world are still orphaned.
His hair and beard? Blacker than his Adidas tracksuit—because why settle for monochrome when you can have a shade darker than your clothes? His hair heard about his academic escapades and decided to out-dark them all. From all of my paintings, his favourite series are my portraits in shades of black of ‘The Exiled’.
‘I wanted to study design’ - he says while he impeccably arranges the coffee cups in his cafe.
Yet, it's not just about aesthetics; Abdulaziz's personality is a mix of contradictions and charisma.
The ignorant may label him as a student who stumbled, but in the divine corners of literature and profound thinking, he emerges victorious.
Everyday after work, he drives straight home to read dozens of books. He’s now reading three volumes of Dostoevsky.
Who needs vulgar success at a really bad noisy secondary school when you have a well used library card and a penchant for rarefied Russian literature?
So, as we sip his coffee with mastic—as complex as a Dostoevsky plot—I can't help but admire the man. Abdulaziz isn't just an eternal student; he's a major character in a comedy of errors called life, a literary connoisseur with a love for coffee, and a fashion icon even in a simple tracksuit.
Cheers to my dearest Abdulaziz!
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