ADM Graphic Novel (Hidayah) Part 2
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- Singapore is not part of China, nor is it anywhere near Hong Kong or Taiwan. Plus, I am not Chinese.
- Hidayah had to explain that she was actually Muslim. However, her classmates also had no idea what a Muslim was and thus, Hidayah did her best to tell them what a Muslim was.
- I wonder, how comfortable Mother and Father would feel in New York?
- Perhaps the secret lays in the way I present myself...
- I wish there was some familiar enclave that Mother and Father could retreat to...
- As far as I know, The Malay Diaspora is confined to the Cape Malays in South Africa, the Ja Minissu of Sri Lanka, and the Javanese descendants of contract workers in Suriname.
- It was then that Hidayah decided that in New York, to introduce herself was not simply a matter of description, but also explanation. New York was quite possibly the most cosmopolitan place in the world, and people in general did not display any provincial curiosity towards outsiders.
- Weeks breezed by, and one evening...
- Arrival Hall of John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Mom! Dad!
- Hidayah!
- Back when she was young, Hidayah's parents would call her from her room when there were visitors to their house so that she could salam them. Hidayah resented the ritual but now it seemed like the most natural thing to do. A few passers-by looked on curiously as Hidayah took hold of her parents' hands, bent down slowly and pressed it to her nose. This was a private gesture to her, a way to reconcile the solemnity of respect with the tenderness of affection.
- Arrival Hall of John F. Kennedy International Airport
- THE END THANK YOU FOR READING:)
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