雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第9章:電臺毛拉(17)

The TAliban told women not to go to the bazaar.

塔利班禁止女人上市集。

I didn’t mind not going to the Cheena Bazaar.

不過，和我母親不一樣，我倒不在乎不能去逛婦女市集。

I didn’t enjoy shopping, unlike my mother, who liked beautiful clothes even though we didn’t have much money.

儘管我們家並不富有，但母親喜歡漂亮的衣物。

My mother always told me, ‘Hide your face – people are looking at you.’

母親常告訴我：把你的臉遮起來——大家都在看你。

I would reply, ‘It doesn’t matter; I’m also looking at them,’ and she’d get so cross.

我則回答：我不在乎，我也在看他們。母親就會很生氣。

My mother and her friends were upset about not being able to go shopping, particularly in the days before the Eid holidays, when we beautify ourselves and go to the stalls lit up by fairy lights that sell bangles and henna.

母親與她的朋友們都因爲不能上街購物而感到難過，特別是在開齋節[3]的前夕。通常，這時，我們就會把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮的，在七彩絢爛的燈光照耀下，遊逛那些販售首飾與做身體彩繪的攤點。

All of that stopped.

但這些快樂都消失了。

The women would not be attacked if they went to the markets, but the Taliban would shout at them and threaten them until they stayed at home.

雖然女性上市集不至於遭受身體攻擊，但塔利班們會對着她們大吼大叫、口出恫嚇之詞，直到這些女人們被嚇得留在家中不敢出門才罷休。

One Talib could intimidate a whole village.

一名塔利班便足以威脅一整個村落。