Mama Asya, Asya Kheir was the funniest aunty. All sharp tongue and mischievous eyes. Once, she was talking about women who use bleaching cream, about their white faces. "But," she joked with raised eyebrows, "if you look at their feet, it's like they're wearing black socks." She told stories. Once, when police came to her door, she hid a stack of leaflets under some coal, and then pretended to have an asthma attack, wheezing loudly. She demanded the police take her to the hospital for care, guilting them into leaving before they could search the house.
Allah yerhama.
