In this video, we listen to testimonies collected from Egypt and Germany (the two cultures I live between). The participants share their personal and culturally influenced imaginations of what might come after death, as well as their conceptions of the idea of paradise. The film interweaves these narratives with scenes I captured during the two pilgrimages—to Mecca and the Way of Saint James.
These kinds of journeys—rooted in history and predating these religions—represent the path to God and the hope of attaining the reward of the promised paradise.

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A book stands as a symbol of orientation that influences perceptions. It declares, describes, instructs, and opens spaces for diverse interpretations.
Whether its essence remains undistorted or it gets diverted, it affects thoughts about life and what lies beyond it. The book includes an idea that may turn into a belief and then into a faith until it becomes “the truth”. Over time, a book can become an everlasting idea or gradually vanish.
A book flies in the air to settle into the right or left hand or to remain hanging in the sky, carrying names and traveling through place and time.