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From The Desk Of The Editor ISSUE No. 1894
JAVANAN
Mary from New York Iran secretly. We shouted with joy and
A trap for said that we would gladly pay all the
expenses.
our abusive father One day early in the morning, while
our father was sleeping, our uncle,
with the help of his wife and his
daughter, took our mother out of the
excitement and joy. While shop- house and sent her to Armenia along
ping, she wanted to buy what- with our uncle's daughter and the
ever she saw; Just like a happy documents they had prepared earlier.
child. And we did not hesitate The next day, at eleven in the morn-
to buy her whatever she want- ing, my father had called every one,
ed. Unfortunately, my father's smashed the kitchen utensils, and set
beatings had caused serious my mother's clothes on fire in the
rom the day I came to injuries to my mother's back, yard. Tell her to come home, he had
this world, I witnessed neck, and arms. In the medi- said. I'll not divorce her. You can only
Fmy father's violence and cal examinations, we became take her corpse to court.
beatings. Not only did my father anxious and afraid of her fu- My father had gone to everyone's
never love my three sisters and ture. One of the doctors told house, cursed, and threatened them
me, but he repeatedly beat us and us that if my mother had all. He thought that my mother would
made us go to sleep with tearful another heavy blow to her come back with tears of regret and
eyes. My sisters and I endured all neck, she would be para- continue that life.
this pain and suffering, but what he lyzed. My mother finally got her green card
was doing to our mother filled our With the guidance of an and came to the US with the help of
hearts with sadness. acquaintance, we regis- our friend's husband who was visit-
My father was addicted to opium; tered for my mother on ing Armenia at the time and the plane
Although he had two sewing work- the green card lottery site. ticket we sent. The day we saw her at
shops and had an excellent financial We were praying that the airport, we couldn't believe that
situation. Because of this, they kept she would win and then, this was our mother. She had turned
bringing him opium, and after every we would get her out of into a walking skeleton. Her whole
use, he felt like it was his duty to beat there at any cost. body was full of pain. We took her to
our mother and us. In the meantime, When we told our the hospital and all the tests were done
my mother's brother, our good-heart- mother that we should on her. My mother's condition was so
ed uncle, sometimes took us to the leave for the USA bad that one of the hospital officials
movies, restaurants, and shopping; Of soon, she started cry- called the police. They came and we
course, without our father's knowl- ing. "Why so far?" she asked. explained the whole story to them. A
edge. Those moments were the most rea- "We're looking for a way to save you good-natured police officer showed
memorable moments of our lives. I sonable income, too." We answered. us a solution which was our ultimate
felt that my kind uncle had wings like we asked my mother to leave my In the meantime, we kept sending wish.
angels and took us to the sky full of father, but he did not allow her to di- money and medicines for her. These Two weeks later, we informed my fa-
happiness, kindness, and generosity. vorce. With the help of my uncle, we helped to reduce her pain to a great ther through our uncle that my mother
Despite our painful life at home, went to Dubai and continued study- extent. was in the US. My father called and
we were among the best students at ing at an American college. I studied A year and a half later, while we had yelled at my sisters and me. "Bring
school. Many days, we returned home medicine, one of my sisters studied built a bright future and a high income your mother back." He said.
with letters of encouragement from pharmacy, and the third studied law. while studying for university projects, "Come and take her." we said
the principal and teachers. But my fa- The cost of living was high, but since the news came that Mother had won "I'll start preparing for my trip today."
ther used to tear those letters in anger. we worked as nurses and teachers for the green card lottery and had to go to Three months later, my father came to
These will not help you in real life, he the children of the rich and sometimes Armenia for an interview. We did not the US on a 20-day tour that we later
would say. tourists, we could afford the expenses. sleep that night out of excitement. But learned cost 25 thousand dollars. He
Once, the three of us attacked my fa- We kept secretly sending money to then we asked ourselves how to get came to our house and as soon as he
ther after he beat my mother badly, our mother so that she would be a our mother out of Iran. entered, he attacked my mother. We
pushed her down the stairs, and broke little bit comfortable; He even refused We talked with our uncle. "There's no immediately called the police. four
her arm. We unleashed all the latent to buy my mother's medicine. We sent way." He said. “Unless we can make policemen came along with the fire
anger of the painful years on him with her knee braces, medical belts, and the some documents that her husband department. They handcuffed my fa-
such heavy punches that he fainted medicines she needed. Meanwhile, gave her permission to travel. Then ther and took him away while he was
and was taken to the hospital. At the we asked our cousin to take a picture let's send him to Armenia." still shouting. Later, they reported that
hospital, he filed a legal complaint of my mother's body and email it to us "We will pay whatever it costs," We a significant amount of opium was
against us. We told the story of our every time she got hurt. said embedded in his shoes and luggage.
painful life to the judge and showed Through our college, we made con- At the same time, my mother called Our father was brought to trial. The
him our bruised bodies. After my tact with US universities, and due to from the hospital. Her nose was bro- evidence, photos, test results, and ev-
father's request to kick us out of his our excellent academic records, they ken because of our father's beatings erything that proved our father's cru-
house and our kind uncle's request, the accepted us much earlier than we and she had filed a complaint against elty and abuses, fell into the hands of
judge gave our uncle the responsibili- thought. But we were afraid that the him. But, with the help of a lawyer, the judge.
ty of taking care of us and even legally more we moved away from our moth- he had proved that my mother was The day our cruel father was sent to
gave him the right to make decisions er, the lonelier she would become. planning to divorce him. He was con- prison for ten years, my mother finally
about all the affairs of our lives. Then, we came to Iran to see her. Dur- stantly causing trouble for her. This breathed a sigh of relief. That night,
We started our peaceful life in my ing the few days when my father had incident made us even more angry. we my mother fell asleep as if she hadn't
uncle's house. But we were still wor- a severe cold and was in the hospital, consulted with our uncle for several slept in decades. There was a calm-
ried about our mother. All three of us we brought my mother to my uncle's nights. Finally, our uncle informed ness on her face that we had never
worked in different companies during house and took her to restaurants and us that he had prepared documents seen in our entire lives.
high school and after. Since we had a shopping. She was like a child; Full of through which our mother could leave Translation: Massi Zokaei
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