This is a page from my diary about life and upbringing in Saudi Arabia.
I was 15-year-old. I love drawing and painting. The teacher of Monotheism (a religious subject) in my high-school foist her narrow interpretations of Sunni Wahhabi orthodox, - saying that it is a form of idolatry to draw/depict images of human beings. "Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah (God)". She declares and emphasises that I would be severely punished and burn in hell. My brown eyes brooding out of fears. I go home and write the following in my diary " There is a question: why would God bestow the talent of drawing on me if it is Haram (forbidden)?! ... I will listen to the voice of reason not the voice of others"
Hana, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia (2002)
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| This is a page from my diary about life and upbringing in Saudi Arabia (In Arabic) |
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