Stephanie Buenviaje

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“He cursed the Prophet Mohammed!” Khatchadour’s boss, a devout Muslim, was disturbed to hear this. “Is it true?” he asked my dad. “It is,” my father admitted, “but only after he’d cursed Jesus.” He looked at Khatchadour, raised his arm, and swiftly slapped him across the face. Then he asked my dad’s tormentor to step forward. When he did, the other boy got slapped, too. “Okay, that’s it! It’s all over! Now, everyone get the hell out of my shop. And you,” he said looking at my dad, “get back to work.”
Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
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