Ayomide Adekilekun

Ayomide Adekilekun

Parchment-style illustration of Zahra and Lebanese women outsmarting men in a mountain courtyard

Women’s Wit Beats Men’s Wiles | A Lebanese Folktale

In the heart of the Lebanese mountains, where olive trees whisper secrets to the wind and evening lamps flicker in stone courtyards, lived a group of villagers who loved nothing more than storytelling. One night, after supper, the men gathered in the village square, boasting of their cleverness. “Women,” they said with laughter, “may be good at cooking and spinning,
Parchment-style illustration of a traveller and a donkey in the Kuwaiti desert, inspired by a traditional folktale.

The Donkey’s Shadow

On a scorching afternoon in the desert plains between Jahra and Kuwait City, a traveller sought passage across the shimmering sands. The sun blazed mercilessly above, turning the world into a furnace of light and silence. To make his journey easier, the man decided to hire a donkey, a humble
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