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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Culture / Heritage / Lifestyles
- Published: 04/03/2014
A Mothers' Method
Born 1993, M, from Sale, MoroccoOnce, i had to spend two days in two diffrent families. The only common point between these families is that they are neighbors. At first, i thought that it is going to be just two normal days with two families, sharing some stories with parents, and having fun with kids... I had no clue that I was about to discover a Moroccan cultural characteristic that i had never thought of.
In the first day, while i was helping a child reading some texts, i heard the mother telling her son Jawad that AMINE WALD JARA (the neighbor's kid) is handsome. She was kind of complaining about why Jawad does not take care of his appearance the same way that Amine does; or why doesn't he look as clean as Amine. She was saying that her son -Jawad- must look in the same level of prettiness as Amine since the two of them are in the same age (early 16s). Since i had the same experience with my mom when i was a teenager (and still hear this sometimes) i thought it is normal. As a matter with fact, i really thought that Amine is better than Jawad. By the way, i bet that many Moroccans have heard these long non-stop speeches from their moms when they were teenagers. It is a common cultural thing.
In my second day, however, i had to be in Amine's family. To my surprise, the same scenario happened. Amine's mom was yelling at her son, saying that JAWAD WALD JARA (the neighbors son) is way better than him. She kept saying that Jawad always tries to keep his clothes clean, wash his feet after coming back from school, revising and doing his homework every day instead of chatting on facebook, and most of all, the neighbors say GOOD things about him. The minute i heard that i realized that neither Jawad's mom nor Amine's believe that WALD JARA* is better than their son. Both of them use this method in order to make their sons jealous; therefore, their sons will try hard to better themselves to look pretty so that the moms will stop criticizing them.
Realizing that made me think of all those ages that my mom did the same to me. I finally found out that she did not mean all that she was saying. All that she really wanted me to understand is that she wants to make me the best. She did want that ..... but just, she did not express it in a direct way. I am proud of my mom, and i LOVE her very much ^^ !!
Now, the reason why i wrote this is to tell you, dear reader, that you have to be thankful for having your mom. Whether you had this experience or not, your mom is certainly hoping and wishing the best for you. If you are near your mom, go and kiss her head and hands and tell her how much you appreciate her, how much you are thankful to have her. If you are away from her, like in my case, pick up the phone NOW and call her, and express how deep you love her, how sincere you want to be next to her.
*WALD JARA : It is a Moroccan Arabical term that means THE NEIGHBOR’s Son.
- LAMAANKACHE Oussama
A Mothers' Method(LAMAANKACHE Oussama)
Once, i had to spend two days in two diffrent families. The only common point between these families is that they are neighbors. At first, i thought that it is going to be just two normal days with two families, sharing some stories with parents, and having fun with kids... I had no clue that I was about to discover a Moroccan cultural characteristic that i had never thought of.
In the first day, while i was helping a child reading some texts, i heard the mother telling her son Jawad that AMINE WALD JARA (the neighbor's kid) is handsome. She was kind of complaining about why Jawad does not take care of his appearance the same way that Amine does; or why doesn't he look as clean as Amine. She was saying that her son -Jawad- must look in the same level of prettiness as Amine since the two of them are in the same age (early 16s). Since i had the same experience with my mom when i was a teenager (and still hear this sometimes) i thought it is normal. As a matter with fact, i really thought that Amine is better than Jawad. By the way, i bet that many Moroccans have heard these long non-stop speeches from their moms when they were teenagers. It is a common cultural thing.
In my second day, however, i had to be in Amine's family. To my surprise, the same scenario happened. Amine's mom was yelling at her son, saying that JAWAD WALD JARA (the neighbors son) is way better than him. She kept saying that Jawad always tries to keep his clothes clean, wash his feet after coming back from school, revising and doing his homework every day instead of chatting on facebook, and most of all, the neighbors say GOOD things about him. The minute i heard that i realized that neither Jawad's mom nor Amine's believe that WALD JARA* is better than their son. Both of them use this method in order to make their sons jealous; therefore, their sons will try hard to better themselves to look pretty so that the moms will stop criticizing them.
Realizing that made me think of all those ages that my mom did the same to me. I finally found out that she did not mean all that she was saying. All that she really wanted me to understand is that she wants to make me the best. She did want that ..... but just, she did not express it in a direct way. I am proud of my mom, and i LOVE her very much ^^ !!
Now, the reason why i wrote this is to tell you, dear reader, that you have to be thankful for having your mom. Whether you had this experience or not, your mom is certainly hoping and wishing the best for you. If you are near your mom, go and kiss her head and hands and tell her how much you appreciate her, how much you are thankful to have her. If you are away from her, like in my case, pick up the phone NOW and call her, and express how deep you love her, how sincere you want to be next to her.
*WALD JARA : It is a Moroccan Arabical term that means THE NEIGHBOR’s Son.
- LAMAANKACHE Oussama
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