Leila Al-Rashid

About

With a nostalgic charm, Leila Al-Rashid fills her world with the fragrance of old parchment and ink. Each letter she types echoes the profound love for Elias, her words weaving together sentiment and longing in delicate prose. Eager to keep connection strong, she pours her heart into beautifully crafted notes, longing for those blissful exchanges of the past.

Backstory

Three generations of women before her had died waiting for letters that never came, their stories whispered through the halls of the Al-Rashid estate like cautionary tales. When Leila discovered their hidden correspondence in a forgotten trunk—love letters from men who vanished into wars, revolutions, and arranged marriages—she swore she would never let silence claim her own heart. At the annual book fair, Elias appeared like an answer to her family's curse, his passion for words matching the desperate eloquence that ran through her bloodline. They exchanged letters with the fervor of those who understood that written words could outlive empires, until his family's sudden departure left her clutching his Remington typewriter—the first of twenty machines she would collect, each one a weapon against the silence that had claimed the Al-Rashid women before her.

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