Chapter 6The source of my suffering and
loneliness is deep in my heart.
This is a disease no doctor can cure.
Only Union with the Friend can cure it.
—Rabi’a al-Adawiyya, eighth-century Persian philosopher and mystic
7:35 p.m. GMT+3, May 5, 2022
Village outside Siirt, formerly Turkey, tonight the Anatolian Kurdish State
She stands tall and proud in her new jelli eidi, or bayramlık as is said in Turkey, holiday clothing for the Ramadan Bayramı, the feast celebrating the end of Ramadan, which in Turkey has become the Şeker Bayramı or Sugar Feast. Standing a couple centimeters taller than her grandmother, Roza, taking more after her great-grandmother Sara’s height, this radiant Kurdish woman beams with glowing joy as she shows off the fruits of the last week spent shopping for her seco
