The Museum

I directly related to this story. Shadia, a young woman who is in an exchange program is in school with fellow foreigners and having a difficult time with a statistics course. Currently I'm in a statistics course and having a heck of a time! I cannot imagine how difficult it would be for someone who may not speak very good english. Shadia is engaged to a wealthy, yet unattractive man who lives in her native homeland. She feels trapped in an engagement that will provide handsomely not only for her, but for her mothers and sisters as well. She meets a man at school and starts spending time with him. She seems to treat him cruelly by mocking is earring and long hair but she truly does like him. As the story ends it is clear that Shadia feels she does not have the strength to overcome the barriers she would face if she and this young man were to become a couple. The cultural diversity is too much to overcome in her opinion and she would rather not attempt it.