The Palace on the Higher Hill Spooky and many A-list parties

and many A-list parties

• The fourth gate

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and those who aspire to join it

soaring mountains and scorching deserts

The Palace on the Higher Hill Spooky and many A-list partiesFaysal receives a mysterious letter about the death of aunt he cant remember. Leaving his lover and his life in Europe behind, he returns to the village of his birth in Palestine and to his familys extraordinary, deserted house, the palace on the higher hill. With a backdrop of violence and the permanent threat from settlers, Faysal wanders the once lavish rooms as characters from the past return to shed light on his family story and on the story of