SALAM!
A Five Week Pilot Program at S.T.A.R.T.T.S. Auburn for Middle Eastern Women,
May - June 2013
Facilitated by Trish Watts
14 women
Pastries covered in sesame seeds
chickpeas roasted
green tea
Animated voices
laughter,
nuts cracking
“a party I say”
“every day a party”- one woman cries
A long table we sit around
eating with fingers
beautiful dark eyes darting
connecting
Ramadan starts soon
‘Eat up now!’
5 wks of dance , drum, song and heart
Thank you!