زي ما يكون الزمن دار بيَّه وشايفاك قدامي دلوقتي وإنت بتزحف على إيد ورجل وجاي جري عليَّه، وللا أول يوم رحت فيه المدرسة ماسك في إيد جدك زكي وأنا من البلكونة ببص عليك.
As if time had turned back on me and I'm seeing you in front of me now, crawling on hands and knees and racing towards me—or the first day you went to school, holding your grandfather Zaki's hand while I watched you from the balcony.
From the novel Menorahs and Minarets · Chapter 43 · Camelia, Galal's mother (character)
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