Memory

What is not said twice
is forgotten once.

Faisal Alotaibi
Faisal Alotaibi A social anthropologist researching shifts in tribal identity in the contemporary Saudi context.

What is not said twice
is forgotten once.
That is why the grandfather repeated the story
in every gathering —
not because he forgot he had told it,
but because he knew how a thing is kept.

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A social anthropologist researching shifts in tribal identity in the contemporary Saudi context.

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  1. <bdi lang="ar" dir="rtl">أسماء القحطاني</bdi>
    شكراً على هذه المادّة. جدّي كان يعمل في هذه المهنة، وكثير ممّا ورد هنا سمعتُه منه حرفياً.

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