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Nov 28, 2021Liked by Love and Literature, Safia Bartholomew

Nada, you sure know how to grab one's attention. I'm yet another woman coming out of the woodworks to tell you that yes, I relate to some of what you say here.

Growing up a foreigner in Saudi Arabia, and seeing the many things I saw my dad's kafeel and other Saudi employers get away with for being Saudi men, I wanted to become so big that would feel bad about having messed up with my dad, us and other foreigners the way they did.

It's been seven years since I left Saudi, and I still don't have any impressive accolades to show for. A Google search of my name barely yields results. But I've learned not to try to win out of spite—that would just pump up my ego, and the last thing the world needs is more ego.

Still, I get these petty urges to 'prove 'em wrong' sometimes. And reading the second half of your essay got me riled up again

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I don’t know whether to cry or laugh from happiness after reading this, Doodles u r the voice of reason and the voice of truth…heal the world with your words

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