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Vol.1, Issue 47, September 2022 ELITE

Translated by nada mohamed I want my doll

Prof. Hanan M. Aly, FEPS Vice Dean for Education and Students' affairs

On a cold autumn day, while the trees quietly She added, "Look at your five-year-old daughter.
succumb to their leaves, the sun slowly sets, the Will you leave us here alone?" Will you leave us
weather is getting ready to get cloudy, and the birds afraid? Do you..
eagerly prepare to leave their nests, My father interrupted her, saying: Enough.. He
I was sleeping in my room, so I heard my father and lowered his head, after his face became covered with
mother talking in a low voice, then I started hearing tears.
their voice getting louder little by little, which I was My mother, begging him, said: Do you remember..
not used to before, and suddenly my mother started We left our city, our families and our friends, and we
wailing, came here two years ago to move the headquarters of
I had nothing to do , I was confused about my matter the company in which you work,
and I fell in my thoughts .. And she added: Have you forgotten that I have
I don't understand why my mom is crying like that?! hardly found a job here, and live under the threat of
There must have been a major issue... being laid off?
My grandmother may have passed away..or my He said sadly: I cannot bear to sit here idly by.. and
mother may have been fired from her work... to let the enemy occupy my country..
While I was thinking, my father opened my room To injure and kill.. to destroy and exterminate..
and walked towards me without greeting me in the She looked at him with pain in her heart, and said:
morning as he used to, and kissed me and hugged me There is an army trained in carrying arms, which will
tightly and cried.. I did not understand.. I said gently: defend our country, eliminate our enemy, and
What makes you cry, Dad? preserve our glory.
He quickly wiped the tears from his eyes, and said: I He said to her, wondering: Have you not seen how
will travel to another city, and be away from you for the enemy forces entered so many cities? Did you not
a while, hear about the wounded and dead? Did you not think
So I was troubled, sad, and afraid, and before I could that our defense of the border cities prevented them
say anything, he said to me: I want you to obey your from incurring and reaching us here?
mother, and not to disobey her order. She said with tears in her eyes: What should my
Here my mother entered the room with pain in her daughter and I do if something happened to you?
heart, sadness on her face, and tears in her eyes. He interrupted her and hugged me and my mother,
Back And I asked him: does not you get emotional?Does saying: If I die, I will be a martyr who defended his
Back
homeland, and if survived, I will only return
your decision change? Does not you follow your
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