Jean Naggar

“loved tagging along when she pushed open the storeroom door and went inside. It was a small room but filled with an overwhelming array of sacks bulging with different kinds of beans, nuts, flour, sugar, rice, and a multitude of spices, emitting a symphony of assorted smells I can still summon into memory at will. Large glass jars squatted on the shelves, stacked to the ceiling,”
― Jean Naggar, Sipping from the Nile

“Adults often assume that if they take care not to discuss frightening situations with young children they will protect them from fear, neglecting to acknowledge that children are tuned in to different channels. Whispers and concerned looks, the relief sensed in a long hug, the radio suddenly switched from news to music, all these signals and many more are unfailingly internalized, misinterpreted, and tucked into the subconscious of small children. Without the anchor of acceptable explanation and communication, their fears billow out into threatening unidentifiable shapes, stirring hidden levels of anxiety.”
― Jean Naggar, Sipping from the Nile