![]() She wants to look beautiful and grown-up too, but each female family member tells her that wearing the malafa is more important than beauty, mystery, being a mature woman and even tradition. Lalla sees her mother, her big sister, Selma, her cousin Aisha, her grandmother and all the other women in her West African town all wrapped in malafa, the colorful veils that wrap from head to toe. ![]() Lalla, a little Mauritanian girl, gets her heart’s desire when she shows her mother that her faith is important to her. ![]()
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