{"id":520,"date":"2023-03-21T12:02:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=520"},"modified":"2023-03-21T12:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:02:57","slug":"wishes-for-my-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"Wishes for My Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The thirty cows,<\/span>
\nwith their lyre-shaped horns, big eyes,<\/span>
\nand black coats with white spots,<\/span>
\nwalked proudly towards our gate<\/span>
\nthe bride price,<\/span>
\nfor the \u201cwife material\u201d I was.<\/span>
\nNo choice, I had to marry this rich intruder.<\/span>
\nGood for him, I was a virgin,<\/span>
\nmy father got a round of applause.<\/span>
\nI became Superwoman after the wedding;<\/span>
\nan oppressed wife and an assiduous worker,<\/span>
\nthe one who wipes her children\u2019s tears,<\/span>
\nbut with no one to wipe hers.<\/span>
\nMy three-year-old daughter,<\/span>
\nher sunshine smile melts my heart;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

loud cry is a thunderstorm,<\/span>
\nshe roars, with fury in her eyes,<\/span>
\nbut I wonder, I wonder,<\/span>
\nif one day she won\u2019t cry like her mama.<\/span>
\nHell no!<\/span>
\nI will raise her differently.<\/span>
\nA wedding ring won\u2019t turn her into a woman.<\/span>
\nA fake smile won\u2019t add beauty to her face.<\/span>
\nQuiet lips won\u2019t make her feminine.<\/span>
\nA graceful walk won\u2019t make her desirable.<\/span>
\nShe won\u2019t be a cow,<\/span>
\nshe won\u2019t be sold for cows.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The thirty cows, with their lyre-shaped horns, big eyes, and black coats with white spots, walked proudly towards our gate the bride price, for the \u201cwife material\u201d I was. No choice, I had to marry this rich intruder. Good for him, I was a virgin, my father got a round of applause. I became Superwoman … Continue reading “Wishes for My Daughter”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[39],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"authors":[{"term_id":39,"user_id":12,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhamedtaik","display_name":"M'hamed Taik","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28445226b8a1211c44f492f3339658d94c787b21c55d0212cb481c851c7054f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Taik","first_name":"M'hamed","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=520"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}