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Sabah
by Hend Khaled, Ramses College, Egypt
Sabah is a girl who has seven brothers and sisters. Her father isn't working. His children work in different cities in Egypt. He forced Sabah to work as a servant when she was only five years old. Her mother was very tough and strict. When she came to take her to another house, Sabah refused. So she kept beating her until she had a lot of scars. Due to these bad conditions and social effects, Sabah became hard-hearted. She had no mercy. Although everyone in the house is treating her very well, still there is something inside her that makes her be ill mannered and such a miser.

When she receives new clothes from her masters, she doesn't wear any and stores them all the time. Whenever she goes on a vacation, she comes back in her worst condition. She has a strange idea that no one loved her.

I think that she had a great complex because of the stress that those bad social factors and treatment imposed on her. She receives this bad treatment from the closest people to her her parents. They changed into violent and hostile parents because of the psychological stress they are subject to. This is a great problem which society faces.

After a long time thinking about Sabah's problem, which is also shared by many other children, I came out with some solutions. I guess these solutions would prevent or at least decrease the amount of suffering that these children are going through. Such as:
1) Birth Control
2) Spread of awareness about the importance of education
3) The exchange of love and care between child and parent
4) Providing suitable housing and medical care for working children
What do you think about this????

Hend Khaled
Ramses College
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