A young woman goes to Lebanon to visit her cousin studying in Beirut. She is warned by her family not to go during this time of great tension/conflict, but she is strong willed and decides to go anyway. One night, in an attempt to explore the city despite a curfew being in place, the young woman goes out and is caught in the middle of an overnight bombing. While physically unharmed, the woman is shaken and unprepared, spending the night in the street. A stranger, a soldier. comes up to her and takes her in his arms. He tries to calm her down, and manages to bring her back to her cousins. The story then follows the young soldier and how he spends the rest of her vacation with her, The couple fall in love, and he even makes the decision to leave Lebanon, the country he was ready to die for, to go back and start a life with her. The couple have a strong love, and develop a life together. In her old age, she asks the love of her life why he decided to assist her on the night of the bombing. He responds, saying that he knew someday the trembling young woman he rescued would become his wife.
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Last update: 30-11-2011 07:20 |
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