Five unconventional portrayals of motherhood in Arabic novels

Mothers in literature have typically been saintly figures, yet the truth can be quite different. Finally, literature is catching up with reality in its portrayal of mothers, as seen in these books.

Ibrahim Adel

Imagining Refugia

[caption id="attachment_55254738" align="aligncenter" width="4131"] Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani look on near makeshift tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc,…

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The Postcolonial Cold War

[caption id="attachment_55254692" align="aligncenter" width="3328"] Mao Tse Toung (1893-1976) chinese president here during review of army of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in Pekin,…

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Midsummer Madness at the Home Office

[caption id="attachment_55254449" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Your Love Is Fire at Summerhall, Edinburgh part of the Arab Arts Focus in this year’s festival.[/caption] by Bryn Haworth* …

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The Nuclear Option

[caption id="attachment_55254423" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Large solar panels are seen in a solar power plant in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 8, 2013. …

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Princess Diana

[caption id="attachment_55254375" align="aligncenter" width="1488"]Princess Of Wales In Hong Kong Wearing A Pearl And Diamond Tiara Which Was A Wedding Gift From The Queen.(Photo by Tim Graham/Getty…

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Globalization of Falafel

The Kerfuffle Over Food and Cultural Identity by Ghada Fathi The relationship between food and identity is inextricable. History books are full of “sha’abi foods” for almost all nations, and…

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Making Syria Safe for Refugees

[caption id="attachment_55254073" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Syrian refugees boys push a wheelbarrow along a road in the Zaatari refugee camp, a seven-square-kilometre (2.8-square-mile) camp…

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Hezbollah’s Refugee Quandary

[caption id="attachment_55254014" align="aligncenter" width="900"] MAJDAL ANJAR, LEBANON - NOVEMBER 12: A displaced Syrian child is viewedin a makeshift camp for Syrian refugees only miles from the…

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