A Heart-Wrenching Tale of Love, Loss, and the Unbreakable Spirit of Revolution

Before the war, Salama Kassab had a future filled with possibility—she was a pharmacy student with a loving family and a normal life. But when Syria erupts in revolution, everything is torn apart. Now, she spends her days tending to the wounded in a hospital, the weight of survival pressing down on her shoulders.

Haunted by Khawf, the voice of her fear urging her to flee, Salama is desperate to find a way out before her sister-in-law gives birth. But as bullets fly and the walls around her crumble, she meets Kenan. Kenan is the kind of beautiful that leaves the world breathless. His eyes—piercing green, like new leaves kissed by the sun—hold both sorrow and fire, a contradiction that makes them impossible to look away from. His voice is rich, steady, like a song you never want to end, carrying both the weight of loss and the promise of something better. His face is sculpted with delicate strength—sharp cheekbones, a strong jawline softened by kindness, lips that tremble between laughter and heartbreak. But it’s not just his looks that make him beautiful. It’s the way he sees the world, even in ruins. The way he risks everything to capture the revolution through his camera lens, as if preserving hope is more important than preserving himself. The way he loves—with quiet intensity, with devotion that never wavers, even in the face of war.

To Salama, Kenan is not just a boy—he is the embodiment of everything Syria could be. He is the lull of the sea against the shore, the warmth of sunlight through olive trees, the taste of lemons lingering on her tongue. In a world crumbling around them, he is the one thing that still feels whole.

To Salama, he is "the taste of lemons on a summer day, of a home she aches for but can’t return to."

Torn between survival and resistance, between love and duty, Salama must decide: will she fight for her future, or will she fight for her country? "As long as the lemon trees grow, hope will never die." A breathtaking and emotional masterpiece, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a story that will stay with you long after the final page.