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Parchment-style illustration of palm-frond creature in a Kuwaiti alley at night.

Umm Al-Sa‘af: Kuwaiti Folktale

In the old neighborhoods of Kuwait, before bright streetlights chased away the dark and before children stayed awake past sunset, the evenings belonged to caution and quiet. Narrow alleys wound between mud-brick houses, and palm trees stood like silent guardians along the paths. When the wind rose after nightfall, it

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