The witnessing that doesn't leave, the marks seared inside like a burn.

I've been asked by my friend, "Why turn back? And why do you keep obsessively talking about the destruction of the mellah?" In another conversation with third-generation Jewish Moroccans, and even some elderly members, they said that they do not want to see the pictures of the ruined Mellah—these images of the crumbling remains of what was once home.