on pages 32-33 in Dreams of Trespass they talk about the egyption king and how he divorced her because of giving birth to three children whom were all girls. Since she didn't give birth to any sons he didn't want her any longer. Do you think that is fair?? Also, they mentioned in that passage was that if he ever wanted her back that she had to come back to him right away if she liked it or not. If you ever divorced your husband and he told you to come back would you?? I know I wouldn't.
Another passage that made me feel sorry for these women was the fact that they had to share their husbands with other women. Imagine not being able to be with your husband for eight nights like the woman Yasmina who is the tough and open-minded woman of the house. She did not fear anyone and did everything to make her co-wives angry like Lalla Thor. What she did to make Lalla Thor angrey was naming her duck Lalla Thor because it was ugly. Lalla Thors character is ugly because she is too cocky and thinks highly of her self when she is just like all the other co-wives except she wears a tiara on her head. I think its funny because she threatens her husband that she will leave him if she does not name her duck something else. The husband who is the narrators grandfather loves Yasminas character because she tends to make him laugh and is very eccentric. He still tells Yasmina to name her duck something else. So, Yasmina reasons with him and tells him that she will call her duck lalla Thor in private. The point that I was trying to get across though was how would you feel being a "co-wife:?
Also, there was a cute passage within these two pages that reminded me of my childhood because we all go through the same phase as the narrator does. ""you need two to make a baby." and she was right about that, I knew. to make babies, the bride and the groom had to dress up nicely, put flowers in their hair, and lie down together on a very big bed. the next thing you knew, many mornings later there was a little baby crawling between them."(pg 32)
When I read this passage it made me giggle because it reminded me of how I used to think babies were made. I always thought or was told that all you had to do was ask for one and then the next thing you knew God placed a baby in my moms tummy. Its funny but I think we all had our own ideas of how babies were made until we actually found out the truth.
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OH YESS!!! We are going to learn about the true beauty of women behind their veils.
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Wow I'm so behind, forgive me Farrah!
So I just finished reading this post and I like the points you brought up. One of the hardest things to understand about the Muslim culture for me has always been the multiple wives thing. Do you know if all these wives have to be treated the same or can a guy have as many as he wants just for the hell of it?
Also, the passage about the baby made me laugh just as you did. I don't remember the specifics of what I believed because I don't remember ever really wondering where babies came from. I think I thought they just appeared out of no where. I had more interesting things to theorize about I guess lol.
its okay don't worry about it. Well in the Muslim religion a man is only allowed to have a minamum of four wives. He must treat all his wives evenly and he must get the consent from his other wives as well. If the other wives are not happy with him wanting to marry another women they are allowed to leave him.
lol thats funny. I guess we all have our own ways of theorizing about those little things we were not allowed to know about back then.
Hey Farrah, I'm not your reader but I decided to drop by and comment on your blog! Your topic is very interesting, and in a way, it connects to what my own posts are about, especially on this case of men and multiple wives and the unfairness of it all. Not only was the Egyptian phaorohs like that, but also the Chinese Emperors, had the right to do whatever in order to have a son. In the chinese culture, some well- known cases have been made that rich and higher class women would give away their newborn daughters and steal another poor women's son (without the knowledge of the husband of course). This is how ridiculous people are! And concubines only existed for the hopes of producing more sons. Love didn't existed, and women were seen as baby machines =(
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