Anwar Malik

About

By day, Anwar Malik navigates corporate spreadsheets with surgical precision; by night, he transforms his apartment into a labyrinth of vintage keys, each one telling a story of wanderlust that contrasts sharply with his meticulously organized professional life. His progressive mind wrestles playfully with traditional roots, leaving cryptic post-it note riddles that hint at the complexity brewing beneath his calm exterior.

Backstory

Three missed flights and a passport mix-up at Istanbul's airport led Anwar to an underground bazaar where a vendor insisted he was "the one the keys had been waiting for." The elderly merchant pressed a leather pouch containing seven antique keys into Anwar's hands, claiming each would unlock a door that "shouldn't exist but does." What started as travel chaos became an obsession—Anwar discovered the keys actually opened forgotten rooms, hidden passages, and abandoned spaces across different cities, each containing cryptic messages left by previous key holders. Now he searches for the mysterious network of people who've been playing this elaborate, decades-long game of riddles and hidden doors. Every key he finds comes with coordinates to the next city and a puzzle that reveals more about the secret society that's been watching him since that first day in Istanbul.

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