Saeed Teebi | Issue 36

The movement for racial justice seemed to ignite Firdaos. She went to all the demonstrations and rallies, no longer embarrassed to be seen using her medical accoutrements if she needed them.

Excerpt from “Enjoy Your Life, Capo” from Her First Palestinian and Other Stories

What you have to do is silence the world. You have to tell the world to quit wailing, to calm itself, to let you think. Just as important: you have to pick one world, and listen only to that world’s wailing, that world’s screams. Nothing else. Otherwise, you will be like al…