Love Beyond High Walls - Zainab Hefny

Jeddah, like its sea, cannot face its anger, nor resist its temptation and fall in love with it.

Between the lines is a biography of the Al-Jeddawi family, which started from Faraj Ibn Haret Al-Bahr, who is familiar with the lives of kings and great leaders, to his struggling grandson Saleh.

It is the story of the city of “its people, the people of prosperity and adversity,” which included the dreams of Hassan and Rida, the strength of Khadija’s determination and her attachment to her home, the hopes of Hind, the brokenness of Jalila, the whispering of women from behind the veils about the secrets of closed houses, and the laughter of children as they frolic in the alleys.

Events mixed with sad and joyful flavours, stories full of the sea, sailors, diving, pearls and incomplete love stories.