What does the world most wanted woman do while on the run? Does
she burrow into a tunnel and stay underground until it is time to
strike?
Does a jihadist with at least three small
children have a work-life balance? How does she juggle between her cause
and her family?
According to Sunday Times, Samantha
Lewthwaite, also known as the white widow, suspected to have
masterminded terror attacks that claimed many lives including the attack
on Westgate shopping mall in September 2013 kept quite busy.
While
on the run from the world’s intelligence agents, the white widow found
time to make notes of her wisdom for how a woman should behave and act
as well as outlining traits that would endear her to her husband and
keep him home.
She also wrote children stories with
instruction on Muslim faith that was dedicated to her two elder
children, who the diary reveals attended school while she stayed home to
put her thoughts to paper.
The Sunday Times published
pages from a diary, which it has exclusive rights to, allegedly
belonging to Samantha that was found in one of her previous residences.
The diary reveals another side to the battle-hardened jihadist who has
been on the run with her small children.
HAPPILY EVER AFTER
According
to pictures of the diary pages as carried by The Sunday Times, she
outlines business plans that provide lifestyle solutions especially for
women.
Her proposed businesses included ‘pregisize’, a
fitness programme that would help pregnant women stay fit during what
she terms a spiritual journey. The programme would include aerobic
exercises and muscle toning that would be 100% safe.
“Pregnancy
is not a time to slack on fitness. You need to prepare the body for the
marathon ahead- LABOUR. Let us help you to maintain a healthy body and
mind during this spiritual journey.”
She also
acknowledges that good nutrition is key. As part of the ‘pregisize’
regimen, women too would be instructed on good nutrition.
Another
page in her diary outlines plans to start a juice bar with recipes for
various smoothies and froyo (frozen yogurt) she planned to offer for
Ksh.100 per scoop or Ksh.300 for 4 scoops.
The
smoothies were to bear fancy names such as ‘lemon breeze’, ‘mango bang’
and ‘peanut butter bomb’. They were billed slimming smoothies. Other
flavours are ‘wake up and shake’ and ‘hydration heaven’ whose
constitution is unclear.
The juice bars would be located in Mombasa and Nairobi.
The
business plan according to pictures of the diary pages as carried by
The Sunday Times proposed that these drinks would be themselves
colourful and beautiful packaged in colourful take-away cups and
possibly featuring a cute umbrella. These are illustrated in the diary
featuring an abundance of little, red love hearts.
In
the diary too, she offers women tips to staying happily married. She
recommends that women should look beautiful, keep their children clean
and meet their men at the door with a smile.
According
to the article in the paper, an entry titled “The Art of saying sorry”
Women too are advised “not to be stubborn.” They are be thrifty in
their housekeeping as a good wife “protects her hubby’s money.”
With
an outstanding warrant for her arrest issued by Interpol in relation to
the suspicion that she is a key financier and logician for terrorist
groups planning mass murders, Samantha has managed to evade capture and
still remains at large.
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