Transcript · Catalan → English
Catalan → English transcript
And you decide to leave Morocco, at what age and why?
At fifteen, yes, fifteen and a bit.
Because it was not my future, not how I wanted to live,
so I decided to leave my country and start all over again
and do what I like.
Hafsa, did you have a father?
No.
No mother either, right? She had passed away.
You were an orphan. What was your situation there like?
I lived with my siblings,
just the typical girl in Morocco, a woman among four brothers,
so I had no say in anything.
Did they treat you well? No.
If I am not mistaken, had they arranged your marriage?
Yes. At what age?
Right at fifteen, before deciding to come here.
And you did not have any say in it at all? No.
Did you know the identity of the person they were going to marry you to?
Yes, I saw him precisely the day they came to my house
to ask for my hand and everything, the culture and all that.
So, that is where I found out.
I mean, they had already talked to the family,
that they were going to give me away and everything, but I did not want to.
What was he like? He was an older man.
Was he an older man?
Yes, in his forties.
In his forties, an older man for a fifteen-year-old.
Were you scared?
A lot. I mean, I was more afraid of my brothers if I said no than of him.
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Original transcript (Catalan)
Y decides abandonar Marruecos, ¿con cuántos años y por qué? Con 15 años, sí, 15 y pico. Pues porque no era mi futuro, como yo quería vivir, entonces decidí dejar mi país y empezar todo de nuevo y hacer lo que a mí me gusta.
Hafsa, ¿tenías padre? No. Madre tampoco, ¿verdad? Te habías fallecido. Eras huérfana. ¿Tu situación allí cómo era? Yo vivía con mis hermanos,
pues la típica niña de Marruecos, mujer, entre cuatro hermanos, pues ni cortaba ni pinchaba. ¿Te trataban bien? No. Si no me equivoco, ¿habían programado tu matrimonio? Sí. ¿Con cuántos años?
Justo con 15 años, antes de decidir venir aquí. ¿Y tú no tuviste ni voz ni voto? No. ¿Conocías la identidad de la persona con la que te iban a casar? Sí, justo lo vi el día que vinieron a mi casa para pedir la mano y todo, la cultura y tal.
Entonces, ahí es donde me enteré. O sea, ellos ya habían hablado con la familia, que me van a dar y todo, pero no quería. ¿Cómo era él? Era un señor mayor. ¿Era un señor mayor?
Sí, de 40 y pico años. 40 y pico años, un señor mayor para una persona de 15. ¿Te dio miedo? Mucho. O sea, tenía más miedo a mis hermanos al decir no que a él.
