June 2023, Year XV, n. 6
Fatima Zahra El Maliani
The Fearless Knight
Telos: You arrived in Italy at the age of two… This could be the first line in your biography. Could you tell us your story?
Fatima Zahra El Maliani: I often begin when I was two, from Italy, even though I actually have history, albeit brief, even before my arrival here. I spent the first two years of my life between my mom and her sister, my aunt Amina.
When my mom went to Italy, in the month before we joined them, my sister stayed back with our grandmother and I stayed with my aunt Amina. I have mental images, memories, of me tied to her back with a cloth she knotted tightly around her chest, while I promised her, each time we walked past a shop window, that when I got big, I would buy her a cup, two plates, a watch and a bag. I spent a month with her. A month when I would cry for my mother, while my aunt would hug me tightly and sigh, telling me between kisses: “She’s coming, Fatima, she’s coming.” Then she really did come, even though actually it was I who came to her ...more
Editorial
You can meet like-minded people anytime and anywhere. You might just happen to start up a conversation with someone who goes to your same pool and immediately find you are on the same wavelength. This is what happened to me with my pool mate,Valentina Bagozzi, stubbornly pursued at the close of the workday, thus practically nighttime.
Valentina is an energy expert, but she is also bursting with energy. She is a young woman intent on trying to save the world. Thanks to her, I managed to reach and interview our June guest for PRIMOPIANOSCALAc, Fatima Zahra El Maliani. A young woman who is very unique, a true everyday hero, even though she doesn’t see or describe herself that way ...more
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