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English B1 Intermediate

English graded stories for Intermediate (B1).

Whales in the Harbor
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Whales in the Harbor

حيتان في الميناء

A girl hears unusual sounds at the old harbor near her house. She discovers a small pod of whales trapped by abandoned fishing nets.

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Sky Apprentice
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Sky Apprentice

متدرب السماء

A curious boy becomes the apprentice of a reclusive falconer during autumn. He must train a young peregrine while uncovering a secret from the past.

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Mountain Ghost
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Mountain Ghost

شبح الجبل

A wildlife photographer searches the Himalayan mountains for an elusive snow leopard. A young local guide shows him every hidden valley along the way.

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The Hollow Tree
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The Hollow Tree

الشجرة المجوفة

A teenage birdwatcher spots a rare barn owl nesting in an old tree. She must protect its nest from loggers who plan to cut down the forest.

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Grandfather's Eagle
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Grandfather's Eagle

نسر الجد

A city girl spends spring with her grandfather in a mountain village. She helps him nurse an injured golden eagle caught in a hidden trap.

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The Eclipse Telescope
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The Eclipse Telescope

مِنْظارُ الخُسوفِ

Two cousins discover an old brass telescope in their grandfather's dusty attic, just days before a rare solar eclipse. As they race to repair it, they slowly uncover the touching story behind their grandfather's lifelong love of astronomy.

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The Sun-Baked Loaf
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The Sun-Baked Loaf

رَغيفُ الشَّمسِ

In a sun-drenched desert town, a teenager builds a solar oven to help her grandmother bake traditional bread for the community festival. When a sudden sandstorm approaches, the family must work together to save the oven and the precious dough inside.

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The Weather Balloon
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The Weather Balloon

بالونُ الطَّقْسِ

Two curious teens launch a homemade weather balloon to study the atmosphere above their coastal town. When the balloon lands in an unexpected place, they must embark on a journey to recover their data and their adventurous spirit.

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The Rocky Shore Rescue
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The Rocky Shore Rescue

إنقاذ الشاطئ الصخري

A young volunteer discovers a stranded seal pup on the rocks after a coastal storm. She must convince a skeptical local fisherman to help her team move it.

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The Night Flyers
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The Night Flyers

طيارو الليل

A teenage girl volunteers at a bat sanctuary after her school classes. She helps rehabilitate injured fruit bats and prepares them carefully for release.

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River Runaways
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River Runaways

هاربون النهر

A boy on a remote farm helps rescue horses during a sudden flood. He works with a helicopter pilot and the local emergency services team.

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The Borrowed Umbrella
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The Borrowed Umbrella

المظلة المُستعارة

A retired mailman notices his black umbrella disappears from the corner shop every Thursday and returns by Friday morning. One day, he decides to wait inside and see who comes for it.

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The Clean Water Project
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The Clean Water Project

مَشْروعُ المِياهِ النَّظيفَةِ

A group of friends enters a science competition with a homemade water filtration device designed for villages without clean drinking water. Along the way, they discover that the real challenges are not only scientific, but also about listening to the people they wish to help.

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The Night Train to Tangier
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The Night Train to Tangier

قِطَار اللَّيْل إِلَى طَنْجَة

A young woman boards a sleeper train in Marrakech to visit her sick grandmother. A snowstorm in the Atlas Mountains forces the train to stop at a remote station.

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The Wrong Key
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The Wrong Key

المفتاح الخطأ

When Layla's old apartment key breaks, she tries the spare and finds it no longer fits the new lock. A stranger's key on her keychain suddenly opens the door with a perfect click.

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The Carpenter's Mark
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The Carpenter's Mark

علامة النجار

After a kitchen renovation, a woman finds strange symbols scratched into the wooden floor beneath the cabinets. Her elderly neighbor recognizes them as an old carpenter's secret language from another country.

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The First Launch
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The First Launch

الإِطْلاقَةُ الأُولى

A determined boy teams up with his older sister to build a small trebuchet capable of launching a model satellite into the sky for a regional science competition. Their greatest challenge is not engineering, but learning to trust each other's ideas.

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The Salt to Fresh
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The Salt to Fresh

مِنَ المِلْحِ إلى العَذْبِ

A young inventor builds a wind-powered desalination device to bring fresh water to her family's struggling farm beside the sea. With her invention finally ready for testing, she must face the doubts of neighbors who believe nothing can really change.

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Vixen's Footprint
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Vixen's Footprint

آثار الثعلبة

A boy discovers a wounded vixen in the winter snow near his home. He follows her tracks to find her hidden den where hungry cubs are waiting.

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Highland Trial
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Highland Trial

اختبار المرتفعات

A city teenager spends her summer at her aunt's sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands. She enters a sheepdog training competition against the unfriendly local champion.

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Reindeer Path
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Reindeer Path

طريق الرنة

A young Sami girl must guide her family's reindeer herd through the mountains. A sudden snowstorm tests her traditional skills and her confidence in herself.

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The Meteor Watchers
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The Meteor Watchers

راصِدو الشُّهُبِ

Two close friends convert an old wooden shed into a backyard observatory to track an upcoming meteor shower. On one clear, silent night, they spot something moving slowly through the sky that no one else can explain.

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Pace by Pace
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Pace by Pace

خطوة بخطوة

Three friends form an after-school running club to prepare for a local 5K race. At first, one friend can barely finish a lap, but with support, they cross the finish together.

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The Comet Hunter
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The Comet Hunter

صَيّادُ المُذنَّباتِ

A quiet young girl teams up with an elderly astronomer in her neighborhood to build a backyard comet detector from scrap parts. As the night of the comet's expected return slowly approaches, they discover that some of the greatest treasures are not found in the sky at all.

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The Pocket Sun
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The Pocket Sun

الشَّمْسُ الجَيبِيَّةُ

A young boy invents a compact solar-powered phone charger for his father's long fishing trips out at sea. When his father becomes stranded during a sudden storm, the small device quietly becomes the family's unexpected lifeline.

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Spiny Guest
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Spiny Guest

الضيف الشائك

A girl finds a small hedgehog sleeping in her autumn garden one morning. She takes it to a wildlife rescue center to learn what is wrong.

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The Wandering Carpet
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The Wandering Carpet

السَّجَّادَةُ التَّائِهَةُ

A handmade carpet travels from a Persian village to a market in Istanbul over many months. It changes owners many times, bringing luck to each new home.

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The Cinnamon Road
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The Cinnamon Road

طَرِيقُ الْقِرْفَةِ

A modern food scientist follows the ancient cinnamon trade route from Kerala to Alexandria. Along the way, she discovers that her grandmother's stories were true history.

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Mud Bath
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Mud Bath

حمام الطين

A young volunteer at a Kenyan elephant orphanage helps feed baby elephants. She slowly gains the trust of a traumatized young elephant named Mumbi.

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The Sleeping Planetarium
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The Sleeping Planetarium

القَبَّةُ السِّماويَّةُ النّائِمَةُ

A girl and her grandfather spend a long summer restoring a broken planetarium projector in their small town. As the domed ceiling finally comes back to life, the whole community gathers one evening to witness the stars once again.

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The Hejaz Journey
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The Hejaz Journey

رِحْلَةُ الْحِجَازِ

In 1920, a young journalist boards the famous Hejaz Railway to report on the post-war region. Along the way, he meets five passengers whose stories change his view of the Middle East.

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The Red Sea Steward
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The Red Sea Steward

مُلاَحُ الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ

A young Egyptian works as a steward on a cargo ship traveling through the Red Sea to Sudan. He hides a small bird in his cabin, breaking the strict ship rules.

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The Pearl Diver's Song
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The Pearl Diver's Song

أُغْنِيَةُ غَوَّاصِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ

A young man in a small Gulf village learns the old ways of pearl diving from his grandfather. When a storm damages their boat, he must dive deep to find a special pearl.

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The Qeshm Lighthouse
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The Qeshm Lighthouse

مَنَارَةُ قَشْمَ

A retired sailor becomes the keeper of a small lighthouse on a Persian Gulf island. When the light breaks during a storm, ships cannot find the safe channel.

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Fresh Paint, New Lines
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Fresh Paint, New Lines

طلاء جديد وخطوط جديدة

A group of neighbors decides to repaint the cracked basketball court in their local park. While they work, they invite shy kids to join pickup games and rebuild the community.

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The Spotlight
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The Spotlight

الأضواء الكاشفة

Lina loves acting but freezes under the bright lights of the town theatre. She learns that courage is not the absence of fear, but the choice to speak anyway.

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The Tiny Tracks
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The Tiny Tracks

الآثار الصغيرة

A boy on a beach vacation joins a local team protecting sea turtles. He must keep the newly hatched turtles safe from predators until they reach the ocean.

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Checkmate Friends
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Checkmate Friends

أصدقاء الكش ملك

Two neighbors have competed in the local chess tournament for three years without speaking kindly. When a storm traps them in the community hall, they discover they have much in common.

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The Mountain Guide
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The Mountain Guide

دَلِيلُ الْجَبَلِ

A Berber guide leads tourists through the Atlas Mountains until a snowstorm traps them. He must use his grandfather's old maps to find the way down safely.

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The Dhow Builder of Sur
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The Dhow Builder of Sur

بَنَّاءُ الصُّنْدُقِ فِي صُورَ

A young Omani wants to build a traditional dhow like his great-grandfather once did. When a modern shipyard offers him a job, he must choose between old crafts and new money.

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Rust and Chrome
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Rust and Chrome

الصدأ والكروم

Karim and Dana find an old bicycle and decide to fix it for a community charity ride. As they clean and repair the bike, they learn that patience brings things back to life.

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The Jeddah Heritage Walker
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The Jeddah Heritage Walker

مُتَجَوِّلُ تَرَاثِ جِدَّةَ

A young woman returns to Jeddah to photograph the old coral houses of her city. She meets an old carpenter who holds the key to a forgotten house.

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Hand over Hand
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Hand over Hand

يداً بيد

Omar is terrified of the new climbing wall, but Nada refuses to let him quit. Step by step, she teaches him to trust his hands, his feet, and himself.

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The Cairo Station Master
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The Cairo Station Master

مُشَرِّفُ مَحَطَّةِ الْقَاهِرَةِ

In 1940, a station master at Cairo's main railway sees thousands of travelers every day. He begins writing short stories about each one in a secret notebook.

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Salt and Spray
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Salt and Spray

الملح والرذاذ

Layla's family moves to a coastal town, and everyone expects her to learn to surf. She wipes out again and again until an older surfer teaches her to read the water.

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Back on the Beam
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Back on the Beam

العودة إلى العارضة

A year after a bad fall, Mariam is finally allowed to return to gymnastics. Her spotter and best friend help her take the first shaky step back onto the beam.

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Wheels and Balance
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Wheels and Balance

العجلات والتوازن

Twelve-year-old Jude tries to teach his younger brother how to skateboard without losing patience. He finally learns that the right way to teach is to let go of perfection.

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Across the Mist
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Across the Mist

عبر الضباب

When Youssef's family visits a quiet mountain lake, he is afraid to paddle out alone. A friendly instructor teaches him a breathing technique that helps him glide across the water.

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Words That Fly
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Words That Fly

كلمات تطير

Reem has always struggled to speak clearly, but she joins the school debate team anyway. Through slow breathing and honest practice, she finds a voice others want to hear.

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Coach from the Bench
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Coach from the Bench

المدرب من على المقعد

After breaking his ankle, Sami cannot play in the soccer final, so he coaches the junior team. He soon discovers that true leadership means listening carefully, encouraging others, and building trust.

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The Open Audition
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The Open Audition

الاختبار المفتوح

Tariq wants a role in the school musical but fears forgetting his lines during the audition. With a small trick from his teacher, he learns how to stay present on stage.

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The Mistaken Tour Guide
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The Mistaken Tour Guide

دَلِيلُ السَّيَاحَةِ الْخَاطِئ

A quiet tourist in the Marrakech medina is repeatedly mistaken for an official tour guide by lost visitors. He decides to invent historical facts on the spot, and the tour group loves every word.

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Through the Lens
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Through the Lens

عبر العدسة

A quiet student who loves photography is asked to cover the regional football championship. He must step onto the field, speak to strangers, and find the story in every frame.

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Sand in Her Shoes
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Sand in Her Shoes

الرمل في حذائها

Nadia dreads the long jump at school sports day because she once landed badly. With her teammate cheering her on, she takes a breath and runs toward the sand again.

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The Wrong Conference
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The Wrong Conference

الْمُؤْتَمَرُ الْخَاطِئُ

A translator walks into the wrong conference, believes it is a poetry festival, and amazes the tech audience. He must keep the clever joke going until the real keynote speaker finally arrives.

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The Silent Bell
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The Silent Bell

الجرس الصامت

Eleven-year-old Youssef hears his bicycle bell ring in the middle of the night, even though the bike is locked in the garage. He follows the sound through the empty streets to find its source.

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The Disguised Cycling Champion
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The Disguised Cycling Champion

بَطَلُ الدِّرَّاجَاتِ الْمُتَنَكِّرُ

A retired cycling champion enters a vintage race disguised as a beginner, but his skill keeps giving him away. He must decide whether to keep his secret or reveal his true identity to the cheering crowd.

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The Surprise Party Domino
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The Surprise Party Domino

دومينو حَفْلَةِ الْمُفَاجَأَة

Maya plans a surprise party for her brother, but every neighbor believes the cheerful decorations are for them. Soon the whole street is celebrating, and Maya must solve a very cheerful problem.

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The Suitcase Switch in Marrakech
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The Suitcase Switch in Marrakech

تَبْديلُ الْحَقِيبَتَيْنِ فِي مَرَّاكِش

Two strangers with identical vintage suitcases accidentally swap bags at the busy Marrakech train station. As they open each suitcase, they discover recipes and costumes, leading to a most unexpected friendship.

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The Tuesday Visitor
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The Tuesday Visitor

زائر يوم الثلاثاء

A bookshop owner watches the same quiet man come in every Tuesday, browse for an hour, and leave without buying anything. One Tuesday, the man smiles and finally picks up a book about the city.

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The Quiet Magician
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The Quiet Magician

السَّاحِرُ الْهَادِئ

A magician performs only silent tricks, so every audience creates a different story for his strange magic. When a film crew films his show, the invented stories become international news.

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The Disguised Food Critic
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The Disguised Food Critic

النَّاقِدُ الْغِذَائِيُّ الْمُتَنَكِّرُ

A food critic visits his own restaurant disguised as a regular customer and worries about the strange menu. His terrible disguise and very loud opinions cause a hilarious evening for the confused chef.

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The Mosaic Floor
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The Mosaic Floor

الأَرضيّةُ الفَسيفسائيّة

Layla volunteers to help restore intricate mosaic tiles in a centuries-old hammam in her city. She uncovers a hidden message from the original artist and must decide whether to share it.

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The Garden at Number 9
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The Garden at Number 9

حديقة رقم ٩

From his bus window, Karim sees a beautiful hidden garden that no one else seems to notice. He gets off at the next stop to find it, but the address leads only to an empty lot covered in dust.

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The Third Smoke
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The Third Smoke

الدخان الثالث

A baker in Casablanca notices a chimney three streets away that puffs smoke at exactly the same times every day. He starts to wonder who lives in the empty house on that corner.

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The Rainbow of Stars
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The Rainbow of Stars

قَوْسُ نَزَقِ النُّجومِ

A young science enthusiast builds a simple spectrometer in her bedroom to analyze the light coming from distant stars. Her quiet discoveries lead her to a forgotten astronomical mystery that her late father once tried to solve.

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The Sky Garden
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The Sky Garden

حَديقَةُ السَّماءِ

A teenage girl designs a smart rooftop greenhouse with automatic watering and climate control for her struggling school. When an unusual heat wave hits the city, her humble invention becomes a vital source of fresh food for the neighborhood.

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The Mixed-Up Notebook
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The Mixed-Up Notebook

الدَّفْتَرُ الْمُبَادَلُ

A baker's secret recipe notebook gets swapped with a stranger's diary at a busy Cairo café. Both readers find the other's life story strangely delicious and decide to meet for a real conversation.

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The Potter's Apprentice
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The Potter's Apprentice

مُتدرِّبُ الفَخّار

Youssef spends a summer in a coastal town learning wheel-thrown pottery from a grumpy old master. When the master falls ill before an exhibition, Youssef must finish the final piece himself.

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The Black Notebook
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The Black Notebook

الدفتر الأسود

A university student finds a black notebook in the library, filled with detailed entries about her own week. The dates are in the future, and one by one, the predictions start to come true.

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The Familiar Inventor
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The Familiar Inventor

الْمُخْتَرِعُ الْمَأْلُوف

A cheerful man believes he has invented common household items and presents them to very skeptical investors. His presentations are so charming that the investors finally decide to fund his confidence.

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The Red Balloon
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The Red Balloon

البالون الأحمر

A man walking his dog each morning finds a red balloon tied to a different mailbox, always with a small note inside. The notes are written in his own handwriting, but he has no memory of writing them.

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The Calligraphy Brush
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The Calligraphy Brush

فُرشاةُ الخَطّ

Nour discovers her late grandmother's calligraphy set and enters a modern art contest using traditional script. A respected judge questions whether such ancient art belongs in modern galleries.

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The Goldfish Appointment
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The Goldfish Appointment

مَوْعِدُ سَمَكَةِ الزِّينَة

A distracted father brings his daughter's goldfish to a pediatrician by mistake, and the kindly doctor plays along. By the end, the worried fish receives better care than most human patients.

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The Slow Patient
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The Slow Patient

المريض البطيء

A new veterinarian in the Amazon rainforest treats her first sloth patient. The slow recovery teaches her about patience, rainforest medicine, and local guides.

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The Tremor Reader
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The Tremor Reader

قارِئَةُ الزَّلازِلِ

After a minor earthquake shakes her quiet town, a curious girl builds a homemade seismograph in her garage to record the earth's small movements. Her patient observations help real scientists notice a strange new pattern beneath their feet.

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The Chalk Numbers
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The Chalk Numbers

الأرقام بالطباشير

Sara finds small chalk numbers on the sidewalk in front of her house every dawn. The numbers change daily and seem to point toward a tiny bakery three blocks away.

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The Library Notes
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The Library Notes

مُلَاحَظَاتُ الْمَكْتَبَة

Two strangers keep taking each other's reserved library books and begin leaving friendly notes inside the covers. The notes become a charming conversation, but neither of them knows the other's real name.

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The Spice Merchant's Daughter
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The Spice Merchant's Daughter

اِبْنَةُ تَاجِرِ التَّوَابِلِ

A merchant's daughter runs her father's spice stall in Alexandria while he travels abroad. She discovers a hidden tunnel beneath the shop that leads to the old port.

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The Sand Art Competition
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The Sand Art Competition

مُسابَقَةُ فَنِّ الرَّمل

A group of friends spends three days building an ambitious sand sculpture for a coastal art festival. When a sudden storm damages their work on the final night, they must choose how to respond.

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The Secret Santa Spiral
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The Secret Santa Spiral

لُولَبُ الْهَدِيَّةِ السِّرِّيَّة

An office Secret Santa exchange goes hilariously wrong when each gift is accidentally swapped at every desk. By afternoon, the gifts have traveled through the entire building in a confusing loop.

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The Empty Frame
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The Empty Frame

الإطار الفارغ

An artist buys an antique frame at a market, but the empty space inside feels warm to the touch. She starts to draw what her hand seems to remember, and the pictures match a street she has never visited.

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The Aleppo Soap Maker
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The Aleppo Soap Maker

صَابُونِيُّ حَلَبَ

A young apprentice learns to make traditional olive oil soap in her family's old workshop. When a fire threatens the souk, she must save the secret recipe book.

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The Bread Festival Vote
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The Bread Festival Vote

تَصويتُ مَهرجانِ الخُبز

A small village has celebrated a bread festival for two hundred years, but a vote may end it. Amira organizes the villagers to share their stories and save the tradition.

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The Listening Wall
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The Listening Wall

الجدار المُستمع

Two apartment neighbors hear each other's conversations through a thin wall, even when both homes are completely empty. They leave notes in the hallway, trying to solve a strange puzzle together.

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The Early Train Passenger
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The Early Train Passenger

رَاكِبُ الْقِطَارِ الْمُبَكِّر

A traveler arrives a full day early and spends the time helping a confused stranger at the station. By evening, he has solved a problem that the station manager could not fix in months.

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The Wall's Hidden Garden
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The Wall's Hidden Garden

حَديقَةُ الجِدارِ المَخفيَّة

Lena peels back old wallpaper in her late aunt's apartment and finds a hidden botanical mural. She must convince the landlord to let her restore it before new tenants arrive.

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The Nile Felucca
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The Nile Felucca

الْفِلُوكَةُ النِّيلِيَّةُ

An American tourist joins a small felucca sailing up the Nile from Luxor. When the captain falls ill, she must help navigate the boat through dangerous waters.

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The Faded Map
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The Faded Map

الخريطة الباهتة

A tourist buys an old map at a market in Fez, but it shows streets and buildings from a city that was destroyed a century ago. The faded lines seem to guide him toward a specific door that no one can find.

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The Vanishing Trash
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The Vanishing Trash

القمامة المختفية

A woman puts her trash out on Sunday night, but by Monday morning it has disappeared—and her recycling is perfectly sorted without her help. She sets up a small camera to see who comes.

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The Wedding Gift Mix-Up
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The Wedding Gift Mix-Up

خَلَطُ هَدَايَا الزِّفَاف

Two wedding parties at the same venue keep accidentally receiving each other's labeled gifts throughout the evening. The mistaken gifts turn out to be more useful than the original ones, to everyone's surprise.

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The Little Sky Mapper
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The Little Sky Mapper

مُخَطِّطُ السَّماءِ الصَّغيرُ

After a sudden flood damages her neighborhood, a young girl uses a mini drone she built herself to map the destruction and help the rescue teams. Her quick invention catches the attention of a local engineer who offers her an unexpected summer opportunity.

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The Oud Strings
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The Oud Strings

أَوتارُ العود

Salma travels to an old instrument shop in Cairo to repair her late father's beloved oud. The luthier shares a surprising story about the oud's history and the musician who first played it.

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The Stained Glass Window
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The Stained Glass Window

نافِذَةُ الزُّجاجِ المُلوَّن

Apprentice glazier Marco must recreate a broken panel of a historic church window using only old photographs. He struggles with the missing colors until a surprising visitor arrives to help.

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The Shadow Clock
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The Shadow Clock

ساعَةُ الظِّلالِ

A thoughtful boy creates a beautiful sundial garden for his blind grandmother so she can feel the passage of time through plants and shadows. When a developer threatens to replace the garden with a parking lot, the whole community rallies to protect it.

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The Carpet Knotters
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The Carpet Knotters

حائِكاتُ السِّجاد

Journalist Hisham visits a women's weaving cooperative in the mountains to write about their new collection. He soon discovers that his own grandmother once worked there many years ago.

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The Borrowed Jacket
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The Borrowed Jacket

السُّتْرَةُ الْمُسْتَعَارَة

A man borrows his friend's expensive jacket and gets mistakenly invited to weddings, meetings, and fancy dinners. He must keep the clever confusion going while searching for the real owner.

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The Cello in the Attic
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The Cello in the Attic

تَشيلو العُلّيّة

In his grandfather's attic, Tariq finds a dusty cello and old letters. A kind retired musician helps him repair the cello for a special memorial concert.

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The Bosporus Crossing
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The Bosporus Crossing

عُبُورُ الْبُسْفُورِ

A ferry captain in Istanbul crosses between Europe and Asia twice a day for twenty years. One morning, a mysterious passenger gives him a letter addressed to his younger self.

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The Hum in the Walls
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The Hum in the Walls

الطنين في الجدران

After moving into a quiet apartment, Mira begins hearing a low hum that follows her from room to room. She discovers the sound matches a melody her late grandmother used to hum while cooking.

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