If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

by Noor Naga

For days after my grandmother cooked herself to death, Mother didn’t say it, but we knew anyway that she was sour from thinking: Shame to waste the gas and not eat.

QUESTION: How many questions can you ask before you expose who you are?

I’m caught between my desire to understand and my desire to appear as though I already understand.

QUESTION: If an Egyptian cannot speak English, who is telling his story?