Nobody realizes it. I think people lose more than they can get back: a three-room house, twenty-five inches of hair, a whole color. But no one says it. Does it get easier to live with loss if you don't name it?

Or does one remain silent out of compassion for others?

On the one hand, Raviye, who disguises herself as a man and embarks on a challenging journey as an apprentice to one of the most important cartographers in history.

On the one hand, Nur, who tells her beautiful story. Defining the world with colors, whispering her story in the roots of the fig tree in the garden, leaving America with her family after the death of her father.

Nur, who moves to Syria, but tries to survive in different geographies after a bomb falls on her house. Map of Stars and Salt is a book that weaves between eight centuries ago and modern times, where the pain of displacement and the triumph of courage resonate constantly. It is a summary of war-torn Syria and what happened to the people living in those destroyed houses.