Short Story: "The Curse of War" [Chapter 1]

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The curse of war is a fictional story that tells the situation in Syria and the difficult life that the Syrians have lived in. Some of them died under the rubble, and some of them emigrated to escape.

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Ten years ago, when they were in 2008, the situation in SYRIA was very beautiful, where there was security, safety, stability, and comfort, and where the Syrians were blessed with various types of bliss, which are countless, and among those blessed, RAMI SAID He was the only and youngest son in the family, after his five sisters, and his father was a great merchant and well known throughout Syria, When RAMI grew up and reached the age of 20, he learned from his father with great skill and became rich like his father, at the time he finished high school, decided not to study the university and only high school, and sweep the world of commerce, and when he moved with his family In order to live in the city of ALEPPO, RAMI decided to start his own project. He started to open a paper-making factory. He called God day and night to help him in this project, and to earn a lot of money. He made a lot of supplications day and night. Since he started his project, until he found a lucrative profit, and the money is getting so much, so he Become a good example of wealth across Syria, RAMI decided to marry and settle down, and he actually married the daughter of one of the wealthy, whose only interest was money. As a wealthy RAMI, this girl agreed to marry him, this girl agreed to marry him. Over time, God gave them twins (ANWAR and MUNIR). And his family is going well, and happiness filled most of their time, until the treachery of war and ignited the suffering in their lives.

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In 2010, while RAMI gets out of his house to work, he is surprised by the rockets coming from every direction, but fear makes him change his course and return to his home. As he returns to his home, he sees everything around him destroyed, and fortunately he is safely home, but there is still concern in his heart and mind Is the plant and all the projects he built still okay ?! Or destroyed by rockets and made everything a wreck, he did not rule himself and decided to leave the house, despite the continuous shelling of the city, but he was brave and did not fear the continuation of the bombing, arrived at his destination, but unfortunately surprised that his factory has been destroyed and nothing is left of him, as well went to inspect the rest of the projects and found destroyed Completely, means that all his wealth went in the wind, and lost all that he wished to achieve one day, RAMI Adjust itself and did not give up, and learned then that the loss of his wealth is not something as important as the survival of his family and loved ones alive, on the way back, sadness and complacency fluctuate within him, a rocket intercepted his way. When RAMI tried to avoid the rocket, his car overturned and exploded while he was still there. He threw his body out and the people around him were fleeing for fear of shelling until some good and brave young men came and took him immediately to the hospital, he was visited by his mother (BATUL) and his father (SAID), and his twin children (ANWAR and MUNIR), but his wife (HUWAIDA) did not attend as well as his sisters in other cities, they came to him and longing and nostalgia in them, when they visited him in the hospital, the doctor told them that he was fine and had no harm, and now they can go in and talk to him. RAMI was very happy when he saw them and felt that his pain was over when he saw them, but when he hinted that his wife HUWAIDA was not present, he suffered great grief and pain, as long as he hoped that HUWAIDA would be affectionate and affectionate, and would be an ideal housewife or ideal, but all the time she was neglecting, neglecting his twin sons, and neglecting her home, and the only thing she cared about was the frequent sleep, crying, grumbling, and complaining.

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The days passed on the presence of RAMI in the hospital, did not ask his wife HUWAIDA about his condition, and it was his mother BATUL is the sponsor and do everything and anything to him, so she was sleeping with him, until RAMI was healed and went out at best, when he returned home, his wife HUWAIDA's reception was very cold, as if she were telling him : "I wished you had died and never returned" , RAMI was greatly affected, and ordered her not to enter his room, and leave him alone, because he does not need any things of them, only will depend on himself in the management of all things, and when he remained in his room alone was thinkinghow to start his way again?
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Peace and Love .

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