رفع كُلٌّ منهما يده مُحيِّيًا الآخر، والتقت عيناهما دون كلام، لكن الغرض تم، فعينا يوسف كانتا تشعران به وتُعزِّيانه، وأحسَّ هو بالراحة، كان في حاجةٍ لمن يتلطَّفُ به..
Each raised a hand in greeting, their eyes met without a word, yet the thing was done: Yusuf's eyes felt for him and consoled him, and he felt relief; he needed someone to be gentle with him.
From the novel Habashi’s Café · Chapter 21
Words of a narrator or a character belong to the novel's world, not to the author's personal views.