As Hussam and Wassim come to terms with the past, they begin to realize the secret that haunts them is not the only secret that formed them. In an instant, the course of their lives is changed forever. Split between Vancouver and war-torn Damascus, The Foghorn Echoes is a tragic love story about coping with shared traumatic experience and devastating separation. A blooming romance leads to a tragic accident when Hussam’s father catches him acting on his feelings for his best friend, Wassim. Meanwhile Hussam, now on the other side of the world, remains haunted by his own ghosts, doing his utmost to drown them out with every vice imaginable. Wassim is on the streets, seeking shelter from both the city and the civil war storming his country.

Wassim promises Hussam his protection, but ten years into the future, he has failed to keep his promise. When a surprise discovery of their romantic relationship results in tragedy, their lives, and those of their families, are shattered. Masterfully crafted and richly detailed, The Foghorn Echoesis a gripping novel about how to carve out home in the midst of war, and how to move forward when the war is within yourself. Hussam and Wassim are teenage boys living in Syria during America's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A deeply moving novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout that ripples through their adult lives. As a community hub dedicated to supporting the practices of Indigenous + over-excluded artists, weve been moved by the all our events this past year.

The foghorn echoes