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After crash-landing on Earth, a desperate alien, Orjuan, repairs his navigation system by stealing Arabic letters, accidentally erasing them from reality. To save their culture from silence, classmates Harf and Esem must stop him and protect their language.
After crashing behind Qatar National Library, an alien navigator named Orjuan attempts to repair his ship by extracting Arabic letters from reality, as advised by his AI, Fateen. He accidentally erases the language from existence, one character at a time, by absorbing it through the Old Tongue Book. At the National Library, two young friends, Harf, a logic-driven inventor, and Esem, a passionate artist, discover the threat as books go blank and voices begin mumbling around them. The duo must unite their opposing talents in a high-stakes confrontation to stop Orjuan from absorbing the final, critical letter, Ḍād (ض), the anchor of the Arabic language. Ultimately, Harf and Esem save their language not by destroying the alien Orjuan, but by turning a destructive theft into a bridge of understanding.

Credits

Director
Mohammed A. Al-Suwaidi
Screenwriter
Mohammed A. Al-Suwaidi
Production Company
Sand Dunes Studio

About the Director

Mohammed A. Al-Suwaidi
Mohammed A. Al-Suwaidi, a Qatari graphic designer and cartoonist known as @WisdomSeven, built a career through self-learning and a unique fusion of engineering and art. A graduate of Purdue University in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, he earned recognition across the GCC with awards in caricature and graphic design, contributed as a cartoonist for Al Sharq newspaper, and worked on notable
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