Bosphorus

What is the truth? Does the truth lie with one faith over another, in the drawing of boundaries and sticking to sides? Or could the truth lie at the middle line where all sides cross, melt and bleed into each other? Bosphorus suggests an answer to the seemingly irresolvable conflicts we face in our dizzyingly fast-pace contemporary global environment through the intimate lives of each of its characters and an ongoing dialectical situation.In Bosphorus, this vital river in Istanbul, Turkey serves as a metaphor that flows between two divided worlds- the East and the West, Asia and Europe- symbolizing a world split in culture, worldview, religion, lifestyle and identity. Between and beyond all opposites, the Bosphorus in this story exceeds its geographical location, acting as another name for what is otherwise known as the dividing line, the razor's edge, the middle place of balance between all sides. Through their individually written books narrated in the first person, each character- Abu Hamid Al-Jilani, Delphi O'Connor, Sabina Chagas and Jacob Stiller- will reveal their most intimate thoughts as they stand at the edge of divers worlds. They will struggle to find which side they will cling to or whether their place lies somewhere in the middle, the place in-between, the Bosphorus.