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Taghrid Bou Merhi: The Straight Line (children's story)

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It was a straight line. It was everything, but to him it was almost nothing.


He did not know that it is the origin of things, designs and geometric shapes, and he did not know that through it the architecture of buildings, buildings, decorations, bridges and towers is done...


And one day, while he was sitting in an office, he heard one of the architects tell his assistant that he would like to design a tower like no other, by converting straight lines into free lines that are not defined by horizontal or vertical lines, and that it will be distinguished by durability and beauty.


The straight line was listening in amazement, how the engineer could develop its shape and turn it into a beautiful shape.


He liked the idea, and said that he would help the engineer to adapt himself and soften his body in a way that would make it tilted, twisted, or bent.


The next day, and it was straight, the engineer turned it with his graceful hand into a very wonderful design, for here are its rectilinear lines, which had become slightly inclined and pointed at the top.


It was a tower that didn't resemble the Eiffel Tower in France, or the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, or the Shanghai Tower in China, or even the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. It was a magnificent tower comparable to the Burj Khalifa in the Emirates in beauty and splendor.


What a beautiful tower!


On the contrary, what a beautiful line, that can be transformed into anything, and be beautiful and useful for everyone.



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