فشقَّتُنا ليست كأي شقة في العمارة وإنما كان لها دائمًا وضعُها الخاص. وأول ما يقترب منها الأولاد. الصغار منهم بالذات. كانت تنتابهم الرهبة وكأنهم مُقْدمُون على عالم سري محفوف بالغموض؛ لكنه وعلى أيَّة حال غموض جذاب يشوقهم لمعرفتنا على حقيقتنا!
Our flat was not like any other in the building; it always had its special standing. When the children came near, especially the little ones, a kind of awe seized them, as if they were entering a secret world wrapped in mystery, a mystery that nevertheless drew them to find out who we really were.
From the novel Diary of a Jewish Muslim · Chapter 4
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