I was the second of eight children, and my grandparents had taken me to live with them when I was eight years old.
لٰكِنَّ قَرْيَتَنَا كَانَتْ بَعِيدَةً نِسْبِيًّا عَنِ ٱلْمَعَارِكِ ،‏ فَلَمْ نَتَأَثَّرْ بِهَا مُبَاشَرَةً .‏