Amira

“My mom has just talked 2 me, for the 1st time since 2 years she cried… A neighbor came 2 her and said that people r talkin about us, they’re talkin shit about me. She felt that she screwed up & altho im not convinced of wht they think, i feel awful now cuz of the feelin i caused 4 mom. We’re accused with liberality, mom said. […] mom is now scared that i’ll never get married. What a world…”

Text message form my friend Amira, a 2nd year university student in Computer Science. Very bright and beautiful girl from a moderate Jordanian family, living in a conservative area. She lost her father seven and a half years ago. Lately, she has been spending a lot of time with a German fellow student of mine.