She Was Never The Point: Thirty Mornings in the City of Glass

Dubai is a city of glass and light, a place that feels distant at first and then suddenly impossibly close. In these thirty mornings Omar Raphael steps into a city he does not fully understand, carrying questions he has not learned how to ask. What he discovers is not noise or spectacle but stillness. Honest moments. A quiet unfolding of who he is becoming. Each morning offers something different. A shift in the light. A new clarity. A softened certainty. Coffee shops where strangers feel like mirrors. Long reflections against the water. Streets that look empty until they open something inside you. Without trying he finds himself walking toward a version of his life he did not know he could return to. This is a book about presence and the slow movement back to oneself. It is about healing that happens quietly in the background, during the spaces between conversations, during the mornings when you are not expecting change. Through gentle storytelling Omar explores love, memory, hope, and the soft transformations that shape a life. If you love emotional nonfiction, reflective travel writing, and books that help you see your own life more clearly, this journey through the City of Glass will stay with you long after the final page.