Keywords
Connection, Cultural Exchange, Nostalgia
Document Type
Essay
Description
From the first day I moved into the neighborhood until the day I left in a hurry, I went to your shop. Your brother was always the only one there, serving the neighborhood kids who would come with their mother’s money clutched tightly in one hand, reciting the list of things they’d memorized. The first time I walked in, I was clutching a laundry list of my own—cleaning supplies painstakingly written out in Arabic by my friend, armed with Google Translate in one hand and an already-memorized apology for my lack of the right language. Then, he spoke perfect English, and in my relief, I immediately forgot every word of my apology.
Recommended Citation
Quintili, Sira
(2023)
"To the Shopkeeper on the Corner in East Jerusalem,"
Inscape: Vol. 43:
No.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/inscape/vol43/iss2/8