that moment when youre microwaving koshary leftovers for lunch and then a co-worker walks in and looks at you silently and with great if embarrassed judgement with regard as to why you have a mountain of rice and vermicelli noodle AND elbow macaroni all sharing space on the same plate, with a smattering of fried onions and lentils and chickpeas, and you a fat woman who presumably should be working on making her body small every minute of every day. and you want to say, egyptian, and you want to say, street food of my home town, and you want to say this carb-loading is how people eat when they cant afford healthy protein, because of the imbalances of the world including that you are i are wearing sweaters indoors even though its july 28th because we live in new york where waste is the way, and you want to say, when you grow up with collective poverty, your palate adjusts itself to match, but more than anything you want to say, if you knew what it tasted like, youd be jealous. happy eid everybody. and may allah and all of his prophets protect you and yours from those who have forgotten how very much can be done with very little. and if you have yourself forgotten, perhaps look today to gaza; they teach life.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:57:53 +0000
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