Day 23: Snow White: As told by the ‘Evil Queen’ ~ Alyah Al Aswad
Once upon a time,
in a land where beauty was measured by how little melanin
villagers had in their skin, and God was thought to be a white neon light
dangling from the universe’s ceiling;
The whitest of men got crowned a king.
He wedded the whitest of women;
from which he had one little girl,
so bleached, he named her Snow White.
Snow White was a narcissistic bitch.
She was brought up to believe that her skin could was the Holy Grail;
a throne to the world so undeserving of men.
She turned tailors into fashion designers
and made them make ugg boots.
Her mother developed a sickness of the heart,
which ended her life at a young age.
The King was a kind man;
a man who did not believe in racial injustice.
After years, he looked to marry a woman of color;
white as he is, he wanted to expose his daughter to people of color,
because it was unacceptable that she goes on believing her skin
gives her an advantage over peasants.
So I was picked to get married to him.
It was a controversial matter,
I undergone medical tests under the instruction of
Royal Family to prove I wasn’t a fake piece of body art
or worse yet; a hyena.
I passed.
We got married.
Snow White could not stand see a woman of color succeeding her late mother.
I began feeling insecure about my looks.
In an attempt to remedy that; the King bought me a mirror that speaks;
that was meant to encourage me to go on.
The mirror was as racist as its maker, so it didnt help.
The king then banished Snow White into the forest
so she can learn how to appreciate nature and God.
Her ugg boots got tattered
and she rather be a vegetable than barefoot.
A 100 years later,
the world was as racist as it is now.
A White prince discovered Snow White,
and chose to make her his wife.
in a land where beauty was measured by how little melanin
villagers had in their skin, and God was thought to be a white neon light
dangling from the universe’s ceiling;
The whitest of men got crowned a king.
He wedded the whitest of women;
from which he had one little girl,
so bleached, he named her Snow White.
Snow White was a narcissistic bitch.
She was brought up to believe that her skin could was the Holy Grail;
a throne to the world so undeserving of men.
She turned tailors into fashion designers
and made them make ugg boots.
Her mother developed a sickness of the heart,
which ended her life at a young age.
The King was a kind man;
a man who did not believe in racial injustice.
After years, he looked to marry a woman of color;
white as he is, he wanted to expose his daughter to people of color,
because it was unacceptable that she goes on believing her skin
gives her an advantage over peasants.
So I was picked to get married to him.
It was a controversial matter,
I undergone medical tests under the instruction of
Royal Family to prove I wasn’t a fake piece of body art
or worse yet; a hyena.
I passed.
We got married.
Snow White could not stand see a woman of color succeeding her late mother.
I began feeling insecure about my looks.
In an attempt to remedy that; the King bought me a mirror that speaks;
that was meant to encourage me to go on.
The mirror was as racist as its maker, so it didnt help.
The king then banished Snow White into the forest
so she can learn how to appreciate nature and God.
Her ugg boots got tattered
and she rather be a vegetable than barefoot.
A 100 years later,
the world was as racist as it is now.
A White prince discovered Snow White,
and chose to make her his wife.
This blog documents the memoirs of a Queer Arab Muslim Woman, who holds an interest in the advancement of LGBTQ awareness within Middle Eastern societies. Alyah Al Aswad is a young writer, activist, poet and spoken word artist, based in Amman, Jordan. For bookings, interviews and blog sponsorship inquiries, please contact the author at riversoulx@gmail.com.
