Lubna Mrie

So my parents met at the funeral of my grandfather, my mother's father, who was a big figure in her life.

My grandfather was, he was a consulate in Turkey, in Brazil, in Germany.

And he loved my mother so much.

And he always told her that

that her future depends on education.

It does not depend on marriage.

And he truly wanted my mother to seek education like all her siblings.

And my mother was very... She loved her father so much.

And my father was the opposite of my grandfather.

My father comes from a family that did not have the privilege to go to school, to go to college.

And they were involved in some...

dirty business for the Syrian government and my grandfather was aware of that so my grandmother was also aware of that and my grandmother was very clear with my mom that if this marriage goes south you will be bearing the consequences on your own

Did she say it in her own words?

Throughout my childhood, my father was very, very, very abusive.

But there was always this side of him that was very charming and very loving that my mother really wanted us to see.

And I think that's why my mother was really keen on keeping my father into our lives, me and my sister, despite all the abuse that he was showing her and us.

Um...

Can I speak about the memoir a little bit?

Of course, yeah.

Okay, okay, okay.