STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

"Awad" is a punk who is waiting for his mother's death so he can take her will consisting of a huge house that, she is refusing to sell, so he could marry "Eshta" who has been waiting for him to marry her for 20 years. "Awad" mischievous deeds are railing back on him
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
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