The Coin

by Yasmin Zaher

I came from Palestine, which was neither a country nor the third world, it was its own thing, and the women in my family placed a lot of importance on being clean, perhaps because there was little else they could control in their lives.

I was tempted to buy a TV, they are very friendly and comforting. You can just be with them, passively, breathe and every few minutes swallow and once in a while go to the bathroom.