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Gr 2–4—"In a pale pink house the shape of a tall cake,/you watch Mama's malafa/flutter as she prays./More than all the stars in a desert sky,/you want a malafa so you can be beautiful too." Mama cautions Lalla that a malafa is for more than beauty. The pattern continues as Lalla envies her sister's sense of mystery, the market ladies' femininity, and her grandmother's air of ancient tradition until she gets a malafa of her own, "as blue as the ink in the Koran" so she can take her place beside her mother for the eveni...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Lalla, an Arab girl, longs to wear the traditional <i>malafa</i> as her mother does. She learns that the veiled garment repres...Log In or Sign Up to Read More