The Boy in Girl’s Dress: A Syrian Folktale of Clever Disguise
In a small Levantine village nestled between olive-covered hills and the long shadow of an ancient caravan road, lived a widowed mother and her only child, a bright and spirited boy named Sami. Though young, Sami possessed a quick mind and a talent for observing what others missed, a trait that often brought a knowing smile to his mother’s face.