New Girl In The City

Chapter 9.

"Salam everyone! You all know why we are here. We need to organise an event to raise money for helping our Syria family. Just because sheikh made me the leader does not mean you all cannot give ideas. So anyone have any ideas?" Yunus said as the meeting started. It's eight in the morning and everyone is sleepy. I had to literally drag Noor out of the house.

" what about a play. We can show how people are suffering in Syria." Sarah said.

"It's a good idea." Afzal said.

"Of course it is. After all she is my sister!" Azhar said proudly and sarah rolled her eyes.

"But I don't think so a lot of people will come to see a play." I said.

"Anyone else?" yunus asked.

"Ahh I have an idea but I'm not sure about it." Kehara said. She speaks hardly. I think she is still not over her mom's death. I have never meet her mom but I felt really bad when sufyaan said she was no more.

"Still say. Maybe it will help us." Yasmin said.

" we all are from different countries with different food,language and way of dressing. So we can keep a fair where each one of us can represent our mother countries. Like fun fairs."

"What exactly are you trying to say kehara. I didn't get you." Sufyaan said.

"You need to be awake for understanding it. You were sleeping all the time!" Adnan exclaimed.

"Hey! That's not my fault. I was talking to my friend in India the whole night. He needed some help and I was just being a good friend." Sufyaan said in his defence while rubbing his eyes.

"Shut up both of you. Fight after the meeting." Eman said.

"We are not fighting." Both said in union.

Ignoring them " kehara what were you saying."

"See we are from India, so we will sell Indian food, toys or anything else and we can keep Indian games and who ever plays them have to pay for it. And as you are from Lebanon you will sell things from there. We will give historic or any general information about our country to our customers as well. As it will be like a fair kids will be attracted by it and their parents have to come with them. This will increase the number of people which will eventually increase our amount for charity."

"That's a good idea." Noor said.

"It's actually a really good idea! How many people vote for this idea?" Afzal asked. We earlier decided to vote and decide everything. Everyone raised their hands.

"So it's decided we will organise a fair." yunus said happily.

"But this can cost more than our budget." Sarah said.

"We can make teams now and each team will calculate the amount required by them and we will see in our next meeting if it's in our budget or not." Kehara said.

"Okay done. So let's see how many countries we have. I'm from Egypt. Sufyaan and kehara are from India. So two countries." Yunus said while writing that in his book.

"We are from Lebanon." Eman said.

"We are from Pakistan." Azhar said.

"I'm the only one from Turkey." Yusuf said.

"No worries we will help you." Afzal said.

"Afzal what will you do you are half Pakistani and half Afghani." Yasmin asked.

"I will represent Afghanistan as we already have Pakistani team."
"Okay and I'm from Syria. So we will not only represent Syria but we'll also explain the pain my family is going through." Yasmin said with tears in her eyes.

"Hey yasmin everything will be fine soon inshaAllah." Sarah said hugging her and she smiled.

"Okay so we have Egypt,Lebanon,India,Turkey,Pakistan,Afghanistan and Syria. Seven countries. Not bad. Hey one minute Noor and aman you guys are left. You guys are from India as well right?" Yunus asked to which we nodded.

"Okay so help sufyaan and kehara. In Egypt it's me and my sisters yalina and yamina. in Pakistan we have azhar, adnan and sarah. In Lebanon we have Eman and her cousins Rashid and Wafa. In Syria we have Yasmin, zulaikha and their brother Dawood. In Afghanistan we have afzal and in Turkey we have yusuf. So Afzal and Yusuf you guys can either tell us if you need help or you can definitely include your family members or friends."

"Where are these missing people yalina,yamina,rashid,wafa and Dawood?" Sarah asked.

"Yalina and yamina are down with fever." Yunus said.

"Wow this twins even fall sick together." Noor said.

"Rashid and Wafa have gone to Lebanon . They will return tonight inshaAllah." Eman said.

"And Dawood refused to give up his sleep so we came without him." Zulaikha said rolling her eyes.

"Okay so next meeting will be on Wednesday. Till then everyone should find out the amount they require." Yunus said writing something in his book.

"What time?" Zulaikha asked.

"You guys say. Which time will be suitable for everyone?"

"Any time after 12 will go." Adnan said.

"Okay so what about 2?" Yunus asked.

"2 sounds perfect." I said and everyone nodded.

"Okay so Wednesday 2pm. Everyone be on time." Yunus said looking at adnan who was late today.

"Hey! I was just 5 minutes late." Adnan said raising his hands.

"Yeah if 5 is equal to 30." Sarah said with an eye roller.

Soon all the boys came in one corner of the room and started talking on random topics.

"Hey Aman let's go to my house and discuss what should be done for the fair."

"Okay."

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"Let's go shopping tomorrow!" Zulaikha exclaimed

"Yeah we have not gone out together since a very long time." Noor said.

"Let's go! I love shopping!" Sarah exclaimed and clapped her hands.

"Me too." Yasmin said

"Me three." It was Eman this time. And everyone looked at me.

"I don't like shopping but I'm sure it will be fun with you guys."

"It will be! So what time tomorrow?" Over excited Zulaikha asked.

"Eleven?" Sarah asked.

"Is everyone fine with it?" Yasmin asked and we all nodded.

"Good. So see you all tomorrow. Salam." Noor said and everyone replied to her salam and left, leaving me with Noor.

"So you came to my house the other day?"

"Yeah. I just wanted the recipe of your mom's pasta. She is definitely a pasta queen."

"Yeah she is really good with food. But that's all she is good in."
"And I believe she is immensely blessed. How many people can cook such amazing food. She is definitely very talented."

Noor looked shocked by my reply. She needs to learn how important it is to respect our moms no matter how they are. And she has a amazing mom. I don't understand why their behaviour changes just for her.

"Bhai messaged me that we are going to your house for discussing what should be done for the fair. Let's go they are waiting for us outside."

"Okay."