Saisam trunk, the bride trunk
( a trunk used to be given to newly married brides in Hijaz region)
I once asked my mother about my grandmother special trunk, the one that every bride used to have when...
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Contributors: Hanaa Hijazi
« In my city we used to see all kinds of people...Nothing different but the language they speak and the clothes they wear. But colors and looks are the same, so many, so different that you don't see the difference anymore. » —Hanaa Hijazi, I live in Jeddah
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I wake up tense, the way I used to feel at the start of the war. I open my clenched fists, I don't say good morning to myself. I can't. Yusuf is asleep next to me, hasn't changed his habits, wakes up in the... media_text
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We will become friends, it's not possible to continue this way: I... media_text
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Did you see me? Of course you didn’t. I didn’t see me either. I was walking in the street, my hair flying in the wind. You know my hair, it isn’t thick and heavy; it’s light and soft, that’s why it was easy... media_text
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Hi, I'm going to Starbucks, can you meet me there? media_text
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أعيش في جدة. فتحت عيني في هذه المدينة ولم أغادرها في حياتي لأكثر من أسابيع قليلة. أعود بعدها مشتاقة أو لأن لابد من العودة لارتباطي بعمل وعائلة. غريب تمسكي بهذه المدينة أنا القادمة من عائلة تعودت على الهجرات... media_text
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