The author
Rehab R. Adil
Author · Architect · Artist
My work moves between architecture, painting and writing, three practices bound by the same question: what holds a life together, and what happens in the quiet moments when it doesn't. When Silence Becomes Strength is where I've asked that question in words for the first time.
- Studied
- Architecture, Kingston University London
- Practice
- Architect and artist, working in oil, acrylic, watercolour and mixed media
- Based in
- Dubai
The story
When Zara leaves her life in Dubai to study in London, she imagines independence and possibility. Instead, she finds herself in a foreign city, an unfamiliar household, and an emotional distance she isn't prepared for.
In a place that never truly feels like home, she learns to navigate loneliness in silence, carrying burdens without witnesses.
An extract
“That's the thing about surviving quietly. You become so good at pretending that eventually even you start to believe you're okay.”
The cover
Painted before the story had words. This is where Zara began.
Original watercolour by Rehab R. Adil
For readers who have ever
- Left home young
- Felt caught between two cultures
- Started again somewhere unfamiliar
- Questioned where they belong
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