I was 15 when I first noticed the sadness, loneliness and longing in my Baba's eyes, perhaps it had been there all the while but he was so good at hiding it or perhaps, I was too young to understand.

The story of a girl named Amina who has a family who is everything tradition .. Just as Amina Amina is about to graduate from high school her parents decide it is time for her to get married, Amina is known as the girl who rejects any and everybody! When she meets Hussein she is head over heals.. He is everything she has never wished for. Maybe that's why everyone else was a no

He looked at me with so much adoration in his eyes that made my stomach do double flips and my heart just melted. "I will shield you from all the harm in this world. I will make sure everyone accepts the shade of your skin and your brunette hair. You will never ever feel like you don't belong here anymore. You deserve to be happy like every princess. And you will forever be happy. I promise you this. " The tears were swimming at the brim of my eyes gently cascaded down my face just as he finished his sentence. I trusted him. I knew he meant it. And for the first time in my life,I was glad I was married to this man.