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“
My body came with borders.
I've lost count of the times I wished I could share in sisterhood, could lay my head on an auntie's lap and know we bore the same weight. But I've borne a different burden, and I've borne it so long that, as I turn the barrette over in my hand, I don't yet have the heart to tell Aisha that I have tried all the ways I can think of to make myself fit in.
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― The Thirty Names of Night
― The Thirty Names of Night
“
Girl. Who are you hiding from?"
Sami means well. He means to include me in that sisterhood of femmes, a sacred circle to which Reem belongs. But it's a place I've never been at home. "Please don't call me that.
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― The Thirty Names of Night
― The Thirty Names of Night
