Totally agree with this sentence and with the sentiment behind it. Leila and other Kurds like her were not only robbed of a homeland but were denied every right to practice any aspect of their culture including their language. As Kurds were forced into a culture that devalued their existence, it created pain, loss of identity and self-worth, anger and bitterness as well as a divide within the community itself as this colonisation caused a generational tear in which the colonised young, believing that the cultural values of the coloniser are inherently superior to one's own, ultimately severed from their parents' culture and language and developed a stunted self-worth in the process.