Meals for Three
By Natalie Jabbar | Apr 4th, 2009 | Category: Creative Non-FictionWatch, little child
She stands on a step-stool in a sunlit kitchen in Damascus, watching her grandmother’s pale hands fashion food for a family of ten. Although her grandmother tries to shoo her away, the bird-like six-year-old perches at the old woman’s side everyday, straining her small neck to catch every motion. She learns how [...]