Browse Items (19 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Collection: Homemade Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Nobody thinks about how technology frees people to express themselves, to love and to be loved; how a girl who has made peace with her body can give confidence to a girl on another continent, even if just a little bit. Heba Khalifa My father was away, always traveling. The last time I met my ex-boyfriend, I realized how much he resembles my dad. I also realized that when I loved him, I was trying to forgive my father. Heba Khalifa Untitled Heba Khalifa I choose my path. I want to make different choices than my mother made, but her voice still resonates in my ears, "See, I told you, you will not be able to do it." Heba Khalifa Untitled Heba Khalifa As I am about to get married, I fear being bound by the institution of marriage, repeating my mum's history, losing my independence, losing the spark and living a life that revolves around housekeeping. Heba Khalifa My mother wants me to do everything exactly like her, according to her way. It makes me feel that she sees me only as an extension for her body. Heba Khalifa Untitled Heba Khalifa My grandmother made curtains by hand. They were suitable for her. But not for me. Heba Khalifa "If we are going to marry, you need to get plastic surgery." Heba Khalifa They called me "mother of the unborn" in my hometown because I am sterile. I tried a lot and waited for many years. In my lifetime, the only birth I witnessed was my own. Heba Khalifa Untitled Heba Khalifa In my house, I cannot go out as I want, cannot call whomever I want, am not allowed to learn music. I feel I am just something on the shelf at home. Heba Khalifa I have had horrible headaches since I was seven. At my new school, mates rejected the dark skinned intruder who thought about things differently. I hated being different – inside and out. Heba Khalifa I cannot see well, and my friends used to call me "the girl with four eyes." As a result I grew up feeling I can neither see nor be seen by the world. Heba Khalifa Untitled Heba Khalifa I wait for my period. Although it is something I dislike very much, having my period means that I am not pregnant and I won't have to go through another abortion here in Egypt. I don't even want to imagine this situation in this country. It scares me to death. Heba Khalifa I have spent my whole life trying to love myself. My body is heavy. I am detached from my soul. I am in the desert in my own home, empty of intimacy and feeling. Heba Khalifa I am a single mother. My daughter and I are one. She is always with me. Any lover I might have must love my daughter more than me. So I cannot easily find a lover. My life is overloaded. I work six days a week and am all over the place doing acrobatics to be able to provide shelter to my daughter. Heba Khalifa Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Collection: Homemade Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
