SUAD AHMED

From Dust to Gold: The Story of Elias

Elias knew the biting ache of hunger as a constant companion. His home was a single, leaky room on the edge of the city, shared with the damp chill of poverty. Each dawn brought the same struggle: how to earn enough coin for a meager meal. He toiled from sunup to sundown, carrying burdens heavier than his thin frame, his dreams as faded as the patched cloth he wore. The world, it seemed, had assigned him his place among the dust and left him there.