Being locked in her room raised Hassoun’s paranoia,
which was already running double time after
the murder of her parents by ISIL. She realized that
Al-Muhandis was putting something in her evening tea,
and she stopped taking it. The bloody dreams from
began affecting her mind.
Now she is barely holding onto her sanity. The arrival
of the ISIL team is enough for her to start denouncing
her great uncle’s employer as an evil sorcerer.

Young and attractive beneath her niqab, the black garment that reveals only her hands and eyes.

Hassoun makes the following accusations:
» LOCKED UP: She is often locked in her rooms at
night by the other servant, Majid al-Muhandis.
It has been every night the last week.
» SOUNDS AND SMELLS: When she is locked up, she
sometimes hears sounds like prayers from the
“wizard’s workshop”. She smells strange odors the morning
after.
» THE GOLD: She claims to have seen Rassam give
Al-Muhandis small gold objects like beads when
Muhandis went out to purchase supplies.
» THE BACKYARD: When she is locked up, she sometimes
hears weird sounds from the backyard, the
hiss of a sandstorm followed hours later by a
loud thump that practically rocks the house. She
is convinced that Rassam, the sorcerer, summons
devils there.