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  1. Sep 2021
    1. I have the strange feeling that if I could make this journey.I could reverse.The effects of a long-held suffering in my family system thatmakes its face known in the arguments of elders over property orownership, but also domestic violence towards women and girlsin its many forms.

      She says that if she can go to places where she isn't reminded of the trauma and horrific things that happen to the point she can relax, eventually becoming something constant in her life, the way she words it make it seem like she wants to back to when the events didn't happen and nobody felt sick to the stomach. Like as if she could live a normal life. She could leave behind all of the trauma she experienced since her family could not heal. She could have a new beginning, one that is not connected to her family or trauma, one where she can be happy.

    1. “We will, we will”, they replied.

      While reading this passage, they mention that the group of people that just lied about finding his daughter, have also looked for other women and children. Assuming that Sakina was gang raped based off of the uncomfortable actions she makes while being at the hospital, there is a very high chance that the group has done such atrocious things to other women and children. That makes me wonder if the group of people are actually acting as good people when they are really part of the rioters, kind of like spies.

      The brutality from the description of Sakina's mother dying to the father's ignorance of her daughter being assaulted demonstrate how violence is acceptable within the society. Like when the mother dies, the father just continued without really mourning about her once he reached safety, his reaction was "at least I have my daughter, it's fine". Then once he finds her daughter, he cares more about the fact that she is alive then her actual well being. Especially since Sakina probably wished she was dead then having to experience all of the horrific things she did at such a young age. Even though he is relieved to have his daughter back, I feel like he isn't being a proper parent for not worrying about what happened to her when she was gone, especially in a place that was being attacked.