Tarif by Marian Tee

Author:Marian Tee [Tee, Marian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Good morning, and welcome to Internet Communication Protocol. Assuming you’ve taken the required time to read the syllabus for this course prior to today’s meeting, then there is no need for me to waste my time with introductions.” A pause – just before the professor then arched one eyebrow at her class. “Or is there?”

The whole class mumbled a ‘no.’

“Excellent.” One corner of the professor’s lips turned up in what might be considered a smile of approval, but it disappeared so quickly the students wondered if they had merely imagined it.

“Now, to further clarify the overview stated in the syllabus, this course is not meant to teach you the ideal number of hashtags you can use in your post or the best filter to communicate your attractiveness to the world. If that was what you imagined this course to be---” The professor politely gestured to the door. “You may apply for a withdrawal now without any worries of getting a failing grade.”

Five students didn’t hesitate to grab their things and leave, but judging by the relieved expressions on their faces, their reason had to do more with the terror their professor inspired rather than the newly expanded description of their course.

The door slammed shut behind them with a loud thud, and everyone flinched at the sound.

“Anyone else want to do the same?”

All thirty-seven students slowly shook their heads, no longer capable of uttering even a single sound.

Outside, Tarif was walking down the glass-walled corridors of the freshmen’s hallway when he chanced upon the curious sight of five students rushing out of a classroom, all white-faced and jittery. The sheikh lowered his head as they walked past him, the tail end of their conversation drifting to his ears.

“Even if she hadn’t offered the withdrawal card,” one of the boys shared in Rami, “I’d still have left.”

“Same, dude,” the boy next to him averred feelingly.

“My older sister already warned me about Professor Kahveci,” the lone girl in the group revealed with a grimace. “I thought she was exaggerating but obviously---” The girl gave a light shudder. “I think I’ll just re-enroll next sem under the other prof.”

Their voices faded in the distance, and his lips twisted at the irony of it. While those five kids couldn’t run fast enough to stay as far away from Anisah, here he was, desperate to get as close as he could to her –

And so far, nothing was working.

The sheikh stopped before her classroom, its two-way windows allowing him to observe Anisah without being noticed. With her stern-looking glasses in place, her hair once again concealed under a hijab, and her tall, elegant form sheathed in a dark, shapeless abaya, Anisah looked every inch the teacher no one would want to have.

When Anisah turned her back on the class to start writing in bullet form on the chalkboard, her students furiously copied every word, their heads bobbing up and down and pen-wielding fingers moving in a blur. It was clear that her students were all

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