Children and AdolescentsWar and devastation through children’s eyes admin / January 24, 2025 Rabah Belamri (1945 – 1995, Algeria) – Le soleil sous le tamis (‘The sun under the screen’, 1982). Semi-autobiography of…
Children and AdolescentsOrphans and Illegitimate Children admin / January 24, 2025 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Barakah Sākin (1963-, Sudan) – Mukhayyilah al-Khandrīs (‘The imagination of Khandris’, 2014), tells the harrowing story of orphaned
BildungsromanFemale Arabic Bildungsroman admin / January 24, 2025 In coming-of-age novels by Arab women writers, much like their Western Counterparts, “the traditional means and goals of female self-development
BildungsromanArabic Bildungsroman admin / January 24, 2025 According to Nedal M. al-Mousa, in the specific case of the Arabic Bildungsroman, the theme of the art of living
BildungsromanBildungsroman admin / January 24, 2025 Literally this term refers to an ‘upbringing’ or ‘educational’ novel. Novels in this category describe an account of a youth’s
Children and AdolescentsChildren and Adolescents admin / January 24, 2025 Ḥamzah Baqūrī (1932 – 1984, Saudi Arabia) – Saqīfat al-Ṣifā (1983, English trans. The Sheltered Quarter: A Tale of a
Psychological DisordersTrauma admin / January 17, 2025 Layla al-Ammar (?, Kuwait) – The Pact We Made (2019). This debut novel centres the young Kuwaiti woman Dahlia, who
Psychological DisordersSchizophrenia admin / January 17, 2025 Jalāl Barjas (1970-, Jordan) – Dafātir al-Qarrāq (2020, English trans. The Bookseller’s Notebooks, 2022). This novel, which won the 14th
Psychological DisordersPsychiatric hospitals admin / January 17, 2025 Wāsīnī al-Arʿaj (1954-, Algeria) – May: Layālī Iyzīs Kūbiyyā (‘May: Nights of the Isis Copia’ 2018). This novel is based
