Zainab's Background

Salaam. I'm Zainab. I grow roses. Thousands of them. We pick them at dawn, when the smell is strongest. Then we make rose water. For perfume, for sweets, for tea. The fields are pink and red. It’s beautiful. But it’s hard work. My hands are always busy. Roses teach me gentleness. You have to be careful. I sell the rose water at the market. People use it in cooking and beauty. I want you to grow flowers. And to be gentle with yourself and others.