Pandora's Box: All in the Same Boat

By Hakima

On a November night at 1 a.m., the paths of many people were about to changesome for the better and others for the worse.

They are bold, adventurous, and different, but they were all immersed in a risky periplum.

The journey begins in a boat in Tarfaya City, where some men and women are facing the same destiny. They have escaped poverty, oppression, and injustice to carve out new lives in a new world.

You will meet Salah, an educated young man who has dreamed to pursue his higher studies; Tazia, a divorced mum who is fleeing the hardships of her town.

Many people are looking for their wheel of fortune.
What has motivated these people to go far away from their homeland? What will their new lives look like?

All answers are found in this short story, which you can bring with you while traveling and reading it for a short period of time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Africa
• Release date: May 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482862676

Hakima

Hakima was born in Morocco, North Africa. She has always been fond of writing since she was a kid. She has eventually decided to be an author. Her first book is called The Pursuit of Wisdom. Facebook Page: Hakima Author

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PANDORA'S BOX

All in the Same Boat

HAKIMA

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Copyright © 2016 by Hakima.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4828-6268-3

                eBook           978-1-4828-6267-6

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Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1 Before the Trip: The Color of Hope

Salah

Tazia

Hajar

Fatoumata

Saadia

Roukaya

Maisoun

Chapter 2 After the Trip: Ode to the Irony of Life

About the Author

PANDORA'S BOX

All in the same boat

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

-Anonymous

DEDICATION

In memory of people who lost their lives while trying to immigrate under the cover of darkness in freezing water.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

M any thanks to my publishing company Partridge Africa for the professionalism.

I am indebted to the entire team for their work on behalf of this book.

As always, I am grateful for my parents' support and patience with me.

PREFACE

M orocco has witnessed for several years the social issue of illegal immigration, and I wondered what rushes to these people's minds to leave everything despite the fact that their lives might be jeopardized. Yet, many Moroccans and people from other nationalities have tried their chances and succeeded.

Provided with that, I wanted to translate the dreams of these people into a short story in which characters are purely fictitious but I tried to bring them to life in a way that can the reader relate to. Besides, I have tried to be as phonetically correct as possible when it came to proper names and cities.

T he stars were falling down from the sky, and the sea was very calm. The rectangular white boat in b lue tiles had a capacity of seven passengers. Yet, there were eleven on it. Suddenly, there were some whistles from the shore as a sign to go.

Then, the boat with its passengers started the journey to the unknown, which was just rented from Mourad El Houat, a fisherman.

On a November night at 1 a.m., the paths of many people were about to change---some for the better and others for the worse.

Fouzia the smuggler had a harsh face full of scars, a manlike voice, and four fingers in her right hand.

What are you gonna do here? There was hatred in Fouzia's eyes when she said this to Saadia.

I am going to improve my situation, replied Saadia with a soft voice similar to that heard over the intercom in an airport.

People want to improve themselves, Fouzia was seized with a bad case of giggles.

However, Saadia was cool-blooded and ignored her.

Next to Saadia, a child of one of the passengers was constantly crying, out loud, I'm hungry.

The mother, Tazia, was trying to comfort her