more than all the dates in an oasis, I want a malafa so I can pray like you do") that Mama gives the girl one of her own. It's not until the girl shows she understands the malafa as a sign of Muslim belief ("Mama. Her relatives reject these superficial reasons.
The second-person narration ("you watch Mama's malafa flutter as she prays") presents the veil as desirable rather than confining and describes the girl's wish to wear it so she can be beautiful, like her mother, or mysterious, like her sister. Cunnane (Chirchir Is Singing) introduces a Mauritanian girl who's fascinated with the malafa, the veil the women in her family wear.
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