Letter #4: The Hammam

There's a word in Darija, hshouma, that polices a girl's body before she even has language for it — what's shameful, what should be hidden, what other people's eyes are allowed to judge. I learned it early, the way you learn to flinch. But there was one place hshouma couldn't follow me: the hammam, steam thick enough to blur the room, women's bodies bare and unbothered around me for the first time, nobody watching the way the rest of the world watched. This letter is about the strange, total freedom of that room, and what it taught me about the difference between being seen and being ashamed. What's tucked inside this month's envelope stays a surprise until it's in your hands.

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