The Alfiyya Protocol

By: Vose, Honore

Kian Mojtabaie is a successful Iranian-American architect whose life is a masterpiece of control-until it isn't. At thirty-seven, he experiences a profound failure: the inability to feel desire, followed by a public collapse during the presentation of his life's work, a $40 million Persian-inspired cultural center. Numbness spreads like a slow leak he refuses to fix.

Enter Alieh, a enigmatic storyteller who claims to mend broken things not with therapy or pills, but with stories. Inviting Kian to her Arts District studio, she offers an unconventional protocol: listen, truly listen, to narratives that unlock what silence has sealed away. As their sessions unfold-filmed on celluloid by her partner Shirin-Kian confronts buried memories, cultural heritage, family expectations, and the raw ache of wanting again.

*The Alfiyya Protocol* is a luminous exploration of emotional numbness, desire's rebirth, and the healing power of narrative. In a world of polished surfaces and performative success, one man learns that true architecture rebuilds the soul.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQDFBHT3
• ISBN13: 9798233755965
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Honorevose
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"