A Girl in Two Worlds

Authors

Meryem Sert

Keywords

foreigners, Denmark, Kurdish, culture

Abstract

It is evening in Allerød. I am sitting here by the window, trying to write a little before I go to sleep. In front of me are two photos that were taken only a few months apart.

One photo is of an eight-year-old girl with bare feet, dressed in a long skirt and head scarf. She is standing in the middle of a flock of sheep in front of a low house built of clay and stone. The other photo shows the same girl, taken in front of a red, high-rise apartment with a lot of cars around. She is now wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and tennis shoes.

I am the girl in both pictures. But these are pictures of two widely different worlds.

Recommended Citation

Sert, Meryem (2015) "A Girl in Two Worlds," The Bridge: Vol. 38: No. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol38/iss2/8