1On the afternoon of the first day of Eid al-Adha, Iman visited the Tarouf house for the first time in ages to wish Grandmother well on the Eid. Her husband mustn’t have known about this forbidden visit. She hadn’t visited Grandmother in Ramadan or at Eid al-Fitr, so what exactly was it that brought her this time? It never rains but it pours, as they say.
Khawla knocked on the door of my room and as usual she didn’t come past the doorway. She told me that Umm Jabir had called Grandmother again and when Grandmother said she couldn’t send me over Umm Jabir asked her, ‘Is the Filipino really called Isa?’ Grandmother almost had a breakdown in response to Umm Jabir’s insinuation. Raju must have been behind this.
I shook my head indifferently and said, ‘So what?’.
Khawla’s eyes were bathed in
