Creative Writing: Fatima's Journey

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After walking two miles, the siblings finally meet up with Kader, a twenty five-year-old man, who has already packed the water and potatoes for the trip. There were three separate full sacks of potatoes and three large gourds of water. Amar grabbed one sack of potatoes and one gourd to place on the camel, while Kader offered to place Fatima’s gourd and potatoes on her camel. Ever since, Kader and Fatima met, Kader has been willing to put Fatima’s needs before his own for which Fatima will return the favor with a kiss or lovemaking. Once everyone properly set up their camels, they began their journey eastward. Roughly five hours later, the trio have ascended further into the Sahara desert to the point where no villages or flora could be seen. Fatima suggests that they use this point of …show more content…

However, Kader firmly protests by saying, “We have not travelled long enough and far enough. We will stop when I see fit. This was originally my pilgrimage.” Amar quickly turned to Fatima to see that she has her head held down in shame. She knew that if Amar knew that the pilgrimage was originally Kader’s idea, he would not have gone along with it. “I thought that you said that this was your idea and you would be leading it,” murmured Amar. Fatima said nothing. Amir scoffed and yelled to Kader, “Fatima said that she is hungry and thirsty. Stopping for a moment will not affect our journey.” “My journey,” Kader harshly said. “If I knew that you two would be so pitiful so early on, I would not have brought you.” Fatima, riding off of her brother’s sternness shouted, “This is our journey now whether you like it or not. We are stopping and that’s final.” Kader stopped his camel in the front of them with his shoulders raised and stiff, and his hands angrily gripping the camel’s

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