Standing on top of a playground, swings creaking in the background, I stare at the sunset. Clichéd? Yes. Gorgeous regardless? Also yes. The clouds form wisps of orange and purple behind the distant hills.
It begins with one mosque. Allahu akbar. God is greater. Others join in at their own pace until the call to prayer is audible in surround sound. Allahu akbar. There are more words, but I don’t know them, and as each mosque blends with the others these words become indistinguishable, become something greater than the sum of their parts. Slowly, various voices die off, until one lone muezzin remains. Then that too ends.
The silence that follows conveys an inarticulable sense of peace.
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