Commentaire composé en anglais sur un passage de maps
When Askar arrives in Mogadiscio, Salaado and Hillal take care of him and contribute to his intellectual and physical formation. They form a modern and unconventional couple, with a “reversal of male and female role” as Askar underlines it. They are both intellectual and teachers, but while Salaado is teaching things to Askar, Hilaal focuses more on the house chores: cooking, washing up and drying the dishes, he isn’t dependant on his wife for pressing his clothes for example. Askar says that Hilaal is more “on the periphery of life”: he teaches him little, practical things, while Salaado teaches him the essential. The fact of seeing a male doing the washing up was striking at that time. In a way, it shows Salaado and Hilaal’s open-mindedness. Askar considers their couple as a “unique set-up”: he has the impression of being part of something special and he considers himself as “fortunate”. In fact, Askar is deeply admiring his Uncle and Aunt. He senses in them a kind of superiority above