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In “David,” Ahmed’s mum is the mother of Ahmed, the young Sudanese woman’s former partner. She’s also the grandmother of Nile, who is the woman and Ahmed’s child. Throughout the story, Ahmed’s mother’s criticisms float through the young Sudanese woman’s head. Ahmed’s mum (and the young Sudanese woman’s other immigrant elders) frequently berate the woman for her parenting decisions, and for her failure to value and uphold important Sudanese traditions.
Ahmed’s Mum Quotes in Foreign Soil
The Foreign Soil quotes below are all either spoken by Ahmed’s Mum or refer to Ahmed’s Mum . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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David
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These children, born in this country, do you think they feed their babies the aseeda for breakfast? Do they drop it on the little one’s tongue to show them where is it they come from? Do you think they have learned to cook shorba soup? I tell you: no! They feeding them all kinds of rubbish. McDonald’s, even. They spit on their grandmothers’ ways. They spit in our bowls, in our kitchens.
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Ahmed’s Mum Quotes in Foreign Soil
The Foreign Soil quotes below are all either spoken by Ahmed’s Mum or refer to Ahmed’s Mum . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
David
Quotes
These children, born in this country, do you think they feed their babies the aseeda for breakfast? Do they drop it on the little one’s tongue to show them where is it they come from? Do you think they have learned to cook shorba soup? I tell you: no! They feeding them all kinds of rubbish. McDonald’s, even. They spit on their grandmothers’ ways. They spit in our bowls, in our kitchens.
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