Aisha Walat

Lingering Faith Aisha Walat

At fifteen, Roje feels torn between her European life in Cologne, Germany, and her Kurdish heritage. Her only connection to her roots is her grandmother, Beritan, whose past unfolds through old photo albums and stories. The story then plunges into 1979 Bayazit, Northern Kurdistan, where young Beritan is thrust into a deadly struggle after her journalist father is assassinated. As Beritan and her friends Arjin, Destan, and Jiwar uncover a sinister conspiracy to erase Kurdish identity, they face escalating threats from powerful, corrupt forces. After Roje uncovers the brutal truths of her grandmother’s past, how will the weight of these revelations reshape her view of the world and force her to confront her own role in a legacy of struggle?