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Updated: June 29, 2025
"What is their word for fate?" she inquired of Parr. "Mektoub." "Mektoub!" And presently, "Do you speak Arabic?" "Oh, no, ma'am; but Mr. Teck did, as well as any of 'em." "Tell me more," she said. So he took her to the oases. As one drew near, there floated from the minaret a thin cry, "Allah is great! Allah is great! Allah is great!"
During the summer months, in the fruit-growing districts, quite a number of children will "burst" in this fashion every day. Mektoub! the parents then exclaim. It was written. And no doubt there is such a thing as a noble resignation; to defy fate, even if one cannot rule it. Many of us northerners would be the better for a little mektoub.
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