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Arab doctors were also good at bone setting, as well as stitching, Usama describes one man whose face was struck with a sword which: Cut through his eyebrow, eyelid, cheek, nose and upper lip, making the whole side of his face hang down on his chest. ..his face was stitched and his cut was treated until he was healed and returned to his former ...
Broken Wings (Arabic: الأجنحة المتكسرة, romanized: al-ajniḥa al-mutakassira) is a poetic novel or novella written in Arabic by Kahlil Gibran and first published in 1912 by the printing house of the periodical Meraat-ul-Gharb in New York. It is a tale of tragic love, set at the turn of the 20th century in Beirut. A young woman ...
Girls of Riyadh, or Banat al-Riyadh (Arabic: بنات الرياض), is a novel by Rajaa Alsanea. The book, written in the form of e-mails, recounts the personal lives of four young Saudi girls, Lamees, Michelle (half-Saudi, half-American), Gamrah, and Sadeem.
Beloved Prophet, The love letters of Khalil Gibran and Mary Haskell, and her private journal (edited by Virginia Hilu, 1972, New York) Blue Flame: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran to May Ziadah (edited and translated by Suheil Bushrui and Salma Kuzbari , 1983, London)
Al-Samman's mother died when she was young, so she was raised by her father for most of her life. When she was an adult, Samman's father died and she lost her job in a short period of time. People in her society had a traditional frame of mind and saw her as a “fallen woman”.
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The essay notes that the anthology is not without its flaws, such as some writing veering towards repeating inspirational refrains, but overall, - according to El Hajj - "This Arab is Queer" is a significant and impactful read that challenges readers to confront the spaces between the queer community and imagine hope for themselves and others. [28]
Indicative is the use of the term "moon" (of masculine gender in Arabic) to refer to the young man: [1] The wine is struck down and falls on its face, expelling from its mouth a violent aroma; the cup is a sorrel horse that is running in circles, with a sweat in which bubbles flow; it runs with the wine and the cup, a moon