Location on the Equator

The article discusses the impact of the city on shaping a person's imagination and memory, emphasizing that cities form an essential part of an individual's identity and consciousness, especially the city of Tyre (Sur), which plays a symbolic role in the writer's life. The text focuses on the idea that the first place, the city where a person was raised, is the source of both existential suffering and the magic of memories. Writing about cities helps preserve and revive these memories, with words serving as a means to restore the magic of a place and connect humans to their roots. It also affirms that returning to one's original place through writing is a practice of the essence of existence, and that pure details constitute the water of life within the human spirit. Additionally, language and geography are seen as the fortress that guards our memories from fading away.