Jameela Quotes in White Spirit
“Because, you know, you can wear national costume, if you like. Your traditional dresses? That would be wonderful. The minister would love to see that.”
Their faces grow wary and apologetic with unsayable things. The room is stiff with a charged awkwardness, with languages I can’t speak.
“No. But we come.”
I stand there in the middle in my jeans and black top, a dowdy, sad sparrow among peacocks. Then, as Jameela raises the camera I feel two arms on either side of me, stretching tentatively round my waist, drawing me tighter, and in spite of everything, I smile.
Jameela Quotes in White Spirit
“Because, you know, you can wear national costume, if you like. Your traditional dresses? That would be wonderful. The minister would love to see that.”
Their faces grow wary and apologetic with unsayable things. The room is stiff with a charged awkwardness, with languages I can’t speak.
“No. But we come.”
I stand there in the middle in my jeans and black top, a dowdy, sad sparrow among peacocks. Then, as Jameela raises the camera I feel two arms on either side of me, stretching tentatively round my waist, drawing me tighter, and in spite of everything, I smile.