Beauty and Wonder

Yemenat

Ahmed Saif Hashed

The Aeroflot plane took off, carrying us from Cairo Airport to Moscow. My first astonishment on board was the beautiful flight attendants—their tall figures, captivating whiteness, and the grace that ensnares your wandering imagination. Their eyes, crystalline with hues of the sky or the deep blue sea, possess a magic that overwhelms you.

The sparkle in their eyes beckons, stealing your heart and tempting your modesty, along with all the piety and sanctity that reside within you. They are pearls that capture your gaze, surrounded by the whiteness of clouds and the enchantments of the heavens that obliterate your denials and defeat your defenses. Their eyelids seem to promise salvation, with brows that embrace treasures and regal noses that accept nothing but challenge and confrontation, while you stand powerless, your virtue vulnerable against such overwhelming beauty that borders on folly and madness.

Everything snatches your heart from your ribs, pulling you as if by fate. No matter how confident you are in your virtue, its strength falters at the first glance, surrendering all your armies, collapsing your towers and castles, and raising your white flags before this destiny that possesses you.

An enchanting beauty captivates your attention and curiosity, seizing you from your A to your Z, prompting you to shift your gaze from the glass of the window and the wonders beyond it to eyes sparkling with joy, marvel upon marvel, as miracles unfold while you ponder the exquisite creation of the Creator.

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“We passed through the skies of Turkey, the homeland of the great rebel Nadhim Hikmat, the playwright, novelist, and poet who was imprisoned for nearly 17 years and exiled from his country until his death due to his struggle and his beautiful humanitarian poetry, siding with the poor and