She did not pay rent, but she describes those days as follows: “We suffered from poverty a lot. We did not have furniture to put in the house. Our neighbors were helping us. We were able to keep on thanks to them. Some nights, I wasn’t able to provide food to my daughters. They were sleeping hungry. We were surviving with the aid of charitable people.”
Atali wan rojan wiha tîne bîra xwe: “Me feqîrtiyeke mezin derbas kir. Eşyayê me nebû ku li malê raxin. Cînaran aliye me dikirin. Em saya serê wan li piya man. Hin şevan min ti tiştek peyda nedikir ku ez bidim zarokên xwe. Ew birçî radizan. Em bi alîkariya xêrxwazan li piya man.”