You had teeth

"You Had Teeth": "You Had Teeth" is an elegy of longing and gratitude, written by a young girl who recalls the details of her relationship with her uncle "Al-Khidr," a character whose features embody Sufi sanctity, innate kindness, and the miracles attributed to saints. The heroine of the novel conveys the strange stories of her uncle—the father, teacher, and loving saint—in intimate scenes set in...