Check for possible clichés. Avoid stereotypes about the Arabic setting; instead, focus on specific cultural elements. Maybe include a meaningful object she has to leave behind, a friend she can't say goodbye to, or a document she's losing track of. The date 23.09.04 could be the deadline for her to evacuate, adding tension.
“Everything.” She kept her hands on the counter, steady like the horizon.
: Bold typography in Arabic and English ("Everything Must Go / كل شيء يجب أن يباع") with a photo of Sarah holding a "Final Sale" sign. Caption (Arabic) :
At home that night—an upstairs room that had always smelled faintly of cardamom—she sat with a cup of tea and the postcard stack. She laid them out one by one: images of domes and desert, a worn photograph of a sea she had never crossed, a child’s drawing tied with a ribbon she had kept since the first day Karim stepped into the world. Each card made a small chorus: a thank-you, a remembrance, a scrap of ordinary joy.