The morning arrived draped in sound: the cries of the gulls wheeling over the water, the rhythmic sigh of the waves breaking against the seawall, and the haunting, timeless echo of the morning prayer stretching out from the city. From our vantage point on the terrace, gazing across the port, there it was: Africa.

We weren’t just sipping tea anymore. We were Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Agnostics swapping stories, laughing, crying, and finding unexpected common ground. Sabri guided it all like a master conductor—his baton replaced by a tea glass, of course.

Every hero has an origin story. The same can be said for our two heroes, Matt Rothblatt and Ben Perez, creators of the SPIRALMIND Comics!