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But if they resist, if they turn their tender petals into sharp protruding thorns, they can survive among hungry bees.  \nN.S.  \nIt was the fourth of September. She stood with her right foot on the edge of the marble table and her left foot on the floor, a posture unbecoming for a woman—but then in society’s eyes she was not yet a woman, since she was only eighteen. In those days, girls’ dresses made it impossible for them to stand like that. Their skirts wound tightly round the thighs and narrowed at the knees, so that their legs remained bound together whether they were sitting, standing, or walking, producing an unnatural movement. Girls walked with a strange, mechanical gait, their feet shuffling along while legs and knees remained clamped, as if they were pressing their thighs together to protect something they were afraid might fall.  \nShe had always been curious to know just what it was that might fall the minute a girl’s legs were parted. Naturally inquisitive, she would constantly watch the worm-like movement of girls as they walked.  \nShe did not look very different from these girls, except that she wore trousers, had long legs with straight bones and strong muscles, and could walk firmly, swinging her legs freely and striding out confidently. She was always surrounded by girls—she went to girls’ schools with classes for girls only. Her name always appeared among those of other girls. Bahiah Shaheen: the feminine ending of her name bound it like a link in a chain into lists of girls’ names.  \nSince the human brain is incapable of perceiving the essence of things, everyone knew her as Bahiah Shaheen and no one ever penetrated her true essence.  \nPeople were always surprised by the way she walked, keeping a visible distance between her knees. She would pretend not to notice them staring at that gap. She would just keep walking, moving her legs, keeping them apart  \nand putting each foot down with a firmness that she knew did not belong to Bahiah Shaheen.  \nOn that day, her eighteenth birthday, she was standing in her usual way: right foot on the edge of the marble table, left foot on the floor. At the time, neither men nor women would assume such a posture. It required a pair of confident legs with flexible muscles and strong, sound bones. Childhood malnutrition had made most boys bow–legged. The most they would dream of doing was to lift one foot and balance it on the edge of a low wooden stand. She often saw boys standing this way. It was normal and permissible—but only for males.  \nThe one man who could lift his foot higher and rest it on the edge of the table was Dr Alawi, the anatomy lecturer, who would sweep past the tables in his white coat and white glasses. When he stopped at a table, the male students would take their feet down from the stools and stand before him, their legs together. Dr Alawi, however, would lift his leg high and plant his foot confidently on the edge of the table, looking directly at the students with his unflinching blue gaze.  \nWhen he stood at her table, she would never take her foot down. When he fixed his blue eyes on her, she would stare back at him with her own black eyes. She knew full well that black is stronger than blue, particularly where eyes are concerned. Black is the origin, the root that reaches back into the depths ofthe earth.  \nHolding the forceps in his white, blood–splattered fingers, he would stick his hand into the gaping stomach of a corpse, or grab at something inan arm, leg, head or neck, then bellow in his strident voice,‘What’s this?’He would always pick the smallest of thi","cbCairQaEMglEj6M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairQaEMglEj6M","pdf",996153,91,"English","# Bahiah Shaheen’s Eighteenth Birthday\n## Social Expectations and Posture\n## Classroom Observation and Anatomy Lessons\n## Power, Knowledge, and Refusal","[{\"question\":\"Who is Bahiah Shaheen in the story?\",\"answer\":\"Bahiah Shaheen is an eighteen-year-old woman whose appearance and movement challenge the rules governing girls at the time. 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