The Author's statement

Hi, you know what, it is hard to list all the important people in my life. I am so grateful because I am surrounded by beautiful people. Thank you mom and dad for letting me see your faces every morning I wake up. Thank you for the kindest and most annoying sister. Thank you Ansam for listening every night to what I wrote. Thank you to my brothers for buying food for me to be motivated to write. Thank you to all my friends who were there for me when no one else was. Thank you to all who helped me in designing the cover either with words or drawings. I am so grateful to everyone who made The Red Words possible and who encouraged and supported me along the way. I am grateful for all the girls who shared their stories with me, thank you for inspiring me.

Marah Kalouti

Loor Madi

Malak Qaradeh

Ziad Abu Shararah

Musab Salah

Tareq Abu Shararah

Bishara Yousef

Yaralisa Martinus

Hanan Ibrahim

Ansam Awashreh

Celen Melhem

Ziad Dajani

Jyana Fawadleh

Dana Nusseibeh

Haya Obeid

Yara Alziq

Jalal Al Khateeb

Joud Thaher

Diala Abu Ghosh

Maisan Nimer

Mira Haj Ali

Omar Issa

Daina Hmidan

Taima Nasser

Hadi Janem

Taleen Al khateeb

Arwa Wahhab

Christine Sulieman

Muna Tina

Marwah Jilani

Thank you all

I won't make my introduction long, but there is another one I'd really want to thank too. You, yes the one who is reading this book, thank you so much for reading it, I really appreciate it. I hope you will like it and I would like to hear your opinion. I listed some songs to listen to while reading, some of them are connected to the topic of the chapters. I hope you like it and it changes the negative thoughts you might be holding for yourself. You know what, you can practice listening and reading skills at the same time ;) ok, It's just a joke.

1. I lost a friend by Finneas

2. Ocean eyes by Billie Eilish

3. When the party's over by Billie Eilish

4. Two Ghosts by Harry Styles

5. Good years by Zayn Malik

6. Scars to your beautiful by Alessia Cara

7. Two of us by Louis Tomlinson

8. Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran

9. Memories by Maroon 5

10. Girls like you by Maroon 5

11. Sweet creature by Harry Styles

12. First man by Camilla Cabello

I hope you will take a moment to sit back, relax, and enjoy the words that I've put together for you. I tried to make it interesting and helpful as much as I could, so what I'm saying is, let us begin, shall we start?

Asala Riziq