Untold Stories of a Tree — Printed Edition

About the Book

Untold Stories of a Tree is a poetic art book of fine-art photography, prose, poetry, and spiritual reflection.

Born from periods of physical pain, emotional descent, and deep listening, it follows the inner seasons of a human life: breaking, rooting, burning, softening, and returning.

Throughout the book, the tree becomes a companion and a mirror:

• Roots as grounding

• Fire as transformation

• Water as remembrance

• Wind as spirit

• Mud as humility

• Light as return

Across five chapters—Remembering, Shadows, A Second Birth, Becoming, and The Return—the book explores identity, fear, courage, faith, surrender, boundaries, pain, nature, and love.

Qur’anic verses, mystical reflection, and elemental imagery are woven through the pages with an attention to both the spiritual and the human experience.

This is not a book that needs to be read from beginning to end. Open it where you need it. Let the images and words meet you there.

For the seeker.For the one rebuilding.For the soul learning that gentleness can be strength.For the heart returning to Al-Wadud—The Most Loving.

Book Details

• Genre: Poetry, spiritual reflection, art and photography

• Format: Photography and text

• Edition: First Edition, 2025

• Language: English, with Arabic verses

• Photography and writing: Nourhan Eltoukhi

• Additional photography: Selected images by collaborators, credited inside

• Copyright: © 2025 Nourhan Eltoukhi. All rights reserved.

Perfect For

• Lovers of spiritual poetry and mystical writing

• Readers drawn to art books and fine-art photography

• Those moving through change, grief, healing, or transition

• Anyone longing for softness, faith, and a return to themselves