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Say Mashallah

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When I was a child, one day I suddenly started feeling terrible. I had a splitting headache. My grandfather looked at me and said, “Someone with light-colored eyes has given you the evil eye,” then began reciting a prayer against it. I remember smiling to myself because I didn’t believe it. But as he continued praying, I couldn’t stop yawning. In Anatolian tradition, people believe that the more you yawn, the more negative energy leaves your body. Strangely enough, by the time he finished, my headache was gone. I don’t know whether it really had anything to do with the evil eye. Maybe I’ll never know. But from that day on, I couldn’t shake the feeling that perhaps invisible things can affect us in ways we don’t fully understand. Ever since then, whenever I see something beautiful, I instinctively say, “Mashallah.” If someone compliments me, I immediately reply, “Say Mashallah.” Maybe saying Mashallah, carrying a nazar amulet, or reciting a prayer are simply different expressions of the same human need: when we can’t control the invisible, we create small rituals to live with it. I don’t know whether they truly protect us. But sometimes believing feels more powerful than knowing. Beautiful? Mashallah. Precious? Mashallah. Fragile? Mashallah. Admired? Mashallah. Better not risk it. Go on. Say Mashallah.

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