Nada Al-Ahdal | How strange you are, O males

How strange you are, O males
You grow in your mother's womb for 9 months
and live 3 more years nursing on her milk
and you exhaust her with sleepless nights and pain all those nights and days; for 15 years your mother looks after you, cares for you and gives you her time and effort for your sake
and when you hold the phone you call her
a shame and something to hide, you hide her name, cover her face and feel ashamed that she exists in your life!!
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This is my mother, Noor Al-Ahdal, who raised me, taught me and made me a person who loves peace and goodness and holds no grudge against anyone, and who considers whoever wrongs me innocent and a victim.
I am proud of her, of her name and her picture; I kiss her feet and pray for her, and I carry her name in my passport
May God keep her and protect her from all harm????

Nada Al-Ahdal | Human rights activist campaigning against child marriage