We Can Only Do So Much DreamingThey hugged and kissed several times and then looked at each other, holding hands and shouting, ‘mush ma’ul, mush ma’ul’ – ‘unbelievable, unbelievable’ – and hugging and kissing again; and now, in French, Arabic and English, interrupting each other, they shouted how happy they were to finally spend some time together. Nevine even had to wipe away a teardrop, for which Mona admonished her, saying, ‘Now don’t you start crying. It’ll make me want to cry. We should be laughing, not crying!’ Thereupon, the tears really began pouring out of Nevine’s eyes. While wiping them with the back of one hand, she adjusted her hijab with the other.
Only then did it hit Mona that her friend was wearing a full hijab covering all her hair, not just a loosely tied scarf. Nevine!
