In times of war, crisis and political tension, the first thing that is affected is not necessarily only the relations between governments; The relationship between people is also under pressure. The line between "us" and "them" becomes bolder and the individual experiences of people are placed in the shadow of the general narratives about nations, states and enemies. In such a situation, literature can have a restorative function; Not "therapy" in the clinical sense, but in the sense that it turns the individual experience into a narrative and makes it possible to hear it in a shared space. The story can show the individual, their daily life, fear, hope, loss and dreams behind generic identities like "Iranian" and "American".