In the distant past, Muslim doctors advised nervous people to look up at the sky. Forget the tight earth. Imagine that the sky, all of it, belonged to them alone. Crescent, low moon, more stars than the eyes looking up at them. But the sky was free, without any price, no one I knew spoke of it, no one competed for it. Instead, one by one those who could afford it began to sleep indoors in cool air-conditioned rooms, away from the mosquitoes and the flies.. Leila Aboulela
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The author is saying that due to the growing population of mosquitoes they began to sleep indoors, where it was cooler. This indicates that people are always trying to find ways to protect themselves from the dangers that are present outside. However, through this same situation he is also saying that this now lessens the beauty of the night sky. He is now looking up at a dimmed sky with less stars since people are now sleeping indoors.

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