Sacleem could tell right away that Waleed was taken with her pretty looks, the way he stared at her made that clear enough. Even though she had barely lifted her head to look at him when she first walked in, she had seen him studying her figure, which nearly made her trip over her own feet. But as they talked, Sadeem gradually gained control of her nervousness and, with his help, conquered her shyness. He asked her about her studies, her major at the university, her future plans, and what she liked to do In her free time—all on his way to arriving in that prohibited region of questioning, the one question everyone of us —girls- fears and consider rude to be asked in a shoufah: Do you know how to cook?