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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 39, January 2022
Vol.1, Issue 39, January

The Torn Photograph

Prof. Hanan M. Aly, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs

Translation by: The English Editing Team
One day, she was sitting in her house, filtering During her senior year and after a long, hectic school
through her album of memories, recalling and day, she met him around sunset.
reminiscing about all that has since passed. She let He who was always failing classes, full of flaws.
out a series of pained cries, astonished at how quickly He had come to her asking her help, to borrow her
the years had passed by and how loved ones had gone lecture notes and exam preparation material.
away -- one after the other in succession; and so she She had hesitated at first, but he soon narrated his sob
suffered nothing but loss. story of how archery was his sport and how he never
Her tears flowed and streamed down her face for her found any care from his family. He convinced her
many heartbreaks and unfulfilled wishes. that he now planned to finish his studies and to walk
She stopped at a picture of her younger self, with her on the guided path of salvation.
hair braided as if she were a princess. So, she gave him hope for success just as his struggle
She grew up with a loving mother and father, kind impressed her more and more. She decided to walk
siblings and a family that had always stood together, this road with him, with the goal of making him
side by side. succeed, for she had fallen captive to him. How could
She had been raised to have good morals, righteous she not when he surrounded her with his looks,
qualities, and a sound nature. delighted her ears with his words and shared his
She went back to flipping through the photographs wishes with her?
until she reached one of herself back when she was a She didn't pay attention, neither to his oversights nor
university student. his slip ups; even his escapades, she turned a blind
Back then, she used to have calm, quiet features. She eye to them.
was also known for her tolerance and forgiveness and As for him, he found in her his ambition, and he
used to follow in the footsteps of every successful made winning her his goal, his mission. It is because
person she knew. she was the one who would save him from his
She joined her college and strived to obtain the stumble.
highest grades and to rise up with knowledge. So, he threw at her arrows from his quiver, deluded

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