Rahul Aijaz What first drew you to Dr. Ashraf Aboul-Yazid's poem “A Train Crosses the Desert,” and what convinced you that it should become part of your film? Given that the poem is built on metaphor rather than a conventional narrative, what were the greatest challenges in translating its poetic language into cinematic storytelling? How closely does the film follow the poem, where did you allow yourself creative freedom, and what does the train—its central symbol—represent i