The all-powerful Zahir seemed to be born with every human being and to gain full strength in childhood, imposing rules that would thereafter always be respected: 🕳️ People who are different are dangerous; they belong to another tribe; they want our lands and our women. 🕳️We must marry, have children, reproduce the species. 🕳️Love is only a small thing, enough for one person, and any suggestion that the heart might be larger than this is considered perverse. 🕳️When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul. 🕳️We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill. 🕳️We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe. 🕳️We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express ...