Ayelet Tsabari writes a ​“strange, unex­pect­ed post­script” to her essay ​“A Sim­ple Girl,” excerpt­ed in the 2019 issue of Paper Brigade.

Grow­ing up, Ayelet Tsabari grap­pled with Mizrahi stereo­types — and found inspi­ra­tion in Ofra Haza, Israel’s icon­ic, Yem­i­ni singer.