you had teeth

You had teeth:
"You Had Teeth" is an elegy of longing and gratitude, written by a girl who recalls the details of her relationship with her uncle "Al-Khidr," a character who embodies in his features Sufi sanctity, innate goodness, and the miracles attributed to saints. The heroine of the novel conveys the strange stories of her uncle, the father, teacher, and loving saint, in intimate scenes in Nakhl Al-Ain, and her talk about beauty, death, love, God, and Rabia, Al-Khidr's wife, who was called "the crazy one," but with her she learned the meaning of unconditional love.
Brimming with love, Sufism, and contemplation of life and death, it vividly explores the worlds of childhood and traditional Emirati society, raising societal issues and addressing difference and loss in a profound and humane manner.