CHAPTER 2

Aya Rahal: Social Legacy

Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.

—Shannon Adler

Aya Rahal kissed her girlfriend Loulia Bahar passionately. She was ecstatic that they were able to spend the night together. Her joy was short-lived. Immediately, it crossed her mind that it could be months before they could spend time like this again.

Aya was a widow, so there were no hitches on her end. Loulia, on the other hand, was engaged. She had to lie to her fiancée about this trip and claimed she had to address a family emergency. Like other Middle Eastern lesbians, they had to keep their affair very secret. Aside from themselves, nobody else knew.

On many occasions, ...

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