And speaking of looking . . .

The biggest affront that an Armenian father could say to  his Armenian daughter:

"Your eyes are outside of the house."

(Was it a translation from the Armenian?)

Marash Girl was 13 years old!  Didn't she have the right to want to experience the greater world?  But then what could be greater than her house, her dad, her mom, her sister and brother on the first floor, her auntie, her uncle, and three cousins on the second floor, her grandma and grandpa on the third floor, her aunties and uncles down the street from where she lived . . .