Dovina16 Jun 2005
Although the story was told as true, I suspect that the teller may have exaggerated the part about making her look like sheâs been robbed. I think, from what you say and what I have read about Islamic societies, (and Iâm talking about strict Islam like it was in Afghanistan before the war), that the robbed-woman image would not pass. Iâll change the poem to have her wounded as if from an accident of some kind.
I donât know why you laugh at âdisgraceâ in Stanza 2. Humiliation and a feeling of being disgraced are usual parts of rape-trauma. I was pointing out that for this woman those feelings are a far lesser concern that her husbandâs discovery that sheâd been raped.
See my answer above for "cast her out for Allah's good"