In Mauritania, West Africa, an Arab girl who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Content: Bi/multilingual
Settings: Africa, Western Africa
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American, Middle Eastern/North African/Arab
Religion: Muslim
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary