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@SceneHome: Textbooks are stitched through with stories of lands igniting under conquest and nations crumbling with the last whispered promise of devotion. Stories that have pressed themselves into the fabric of culture, leaving people speaking in a shared tongue. The world we move through today has witnessed power unravelling and returning; blood spilt and sovereignty lost. But it has also nursed music, poetry, and a certain voluptuousness of living that refuses to be erased. And yet we remain preoccupied with the division between East and West, a kind of fetish that feeds our screens and fuels the world’s hunger for rupture. The Mediterranean, though, has always pushed back against that script. It offers up lives that speak in different tongues, yet understand all the same. And there exists a particular island that stands as a living testament to how deeply cultures can seep into one another. Sicily, steeped in sun and the scent of citrus, exists as a contested land of mixed heritage still trying to find its place in the world; a bridge that keeps two worlds tethered. Its architecture carries the imprint of Arab hospitality, something that has seeped into the daily workings of its narrow streets, into the way doorways open and courtyards breathe. Read the full feature on scenehome.com (link in bio). 🖋️ Hanya Kotb

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