Khaled, A Tale of Arabia

A supernatural being who accepted the Islamic faith seeks to become mortal so an angel will record his birth and grant him a human life; to obtain a soul he must win the genuine love of his new wife. The narrative follows his transition from immortal detachment to the vulnerability of human feeling, the strain between martial duty and intimate devotion, and the social and religious expectations that shape his fate. It examines love as a transformative claim on identity, the burden of past violence, and the costs of exchanging supernatural power for earthly mortality.