I am outside of my context, confused about where the margins and the pressure points are. Who has the power? Where is the center? I haven’t seen a woman’s knees since I got here, and no one has seen my knees either. There is Quran playing everywhere, and people drag God’s name into every conversation. Every time I get into a cab, I am given a sermon by the driver about the wrongness of women looking like men, and why don’t I cover up my head, seeing as I don’t have hair anyway? But when I leave the car, having paid less than a dollar for a half-hour ride, I’m confused about my right to
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