So here I am in Egypt for
6th grade, still young. I went to Salah El-Dein School for the year
knowing absolutely no one there except for my sister and she only stayed for
the first semester.
I had to, somehow, try to make some
friends. As I said before, it was a lot easier to make friends in Egypt than
making some in Saudi Arabia. So I made some friends from my class like Mustafa
Jamal, Moaz Khairy and Ahmad Bakkar.
Once
Mustafa Jamal came to me and said: "Why don't you join us in the school
choral team?" and answered: "But I don't sing" – "Don't
worry we're just gonna have fun and escape some classes".
On
hearing that, I agreed delightedly and we went there after the class. The
teacher was very kind; he welcomed me and gave me the lyrics for the songs we
sang at the time. I had fun and got on very well with the team, the teacher
loved me and I attended all the meetings they held until one time, I saw her…
A
beautiful, fair girl with dark hair, I can say that I immediately fell in love
with her. I didn't know at the time what love is as I was young and didn't have
ANY previous experience. However, I felt comfortable while being next to her
and loved to hear her voice very much.
I
couldn't talk to her at all at the time as my friends were always with me and
she had her best friend with her, so complicated.
I
enrolled in a poetry competition because I love it a lot. I won several times
and reached the finals. The teacher who was responsible for these activities
admired my performance and offered me a role in a play that my school had organized
for graduation party.
"You're
going to be a main character in the play" said Mr.
Mohamad, "Marti, that's your name, and the other main character is…
Mennah! "
"Mennah?
Wait… which one?" I said to him. -"You'll see her now,
come!" we went to an empty classroom, and there she was, looking at me…
the girl from the choral team, Mennah!
-"Hi
there" she greeted me with a cute smile. –"Hi" I
replied with a nervous voice.
-"She's
gonna be your grandmother in the play, her name will be Granny Flora" said Mr.
Mohamad while giving us our scripts. "Save your lines! We'll begin
practicing tomorrow"
These
words made me happy till the end of the year. Finally, Luck is by my side!
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