- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Barakah Sākin (1963-, Sudan) – Mukhayyilah al-Khandrīs (‘The imagination of Khandris’, 2014), tells the harrowing story of orphaned street children in Sudanese cities who are constantly threated by violence and abuse and find refuge in alcohol and drugs (also in S: Social Issues and Societal Change: The Marginalized).
- Laylā al-ʿUthmān’s (1943-, Kuwait) short story ‘al-Muwā’ (‘Mewing’, 1976) deals with an unmarried woman who mourns her lost youth when the sight of a cat evokes memories of her childhood. As an orphan she used to live in her married brother’s house where she often cried for hunger and used to sneak into the kitchen like a cat to search for something to eat, since her sister-in-law refused to give her anything (reference). The story can be found in the collection Imraʾa fī Ināʾ (‘Woman in a vase’, 1976).
Refrences:
In order of appearance
- Angelika Rahmer. 1995. “The Development of Women’s Political Consciousness in the Short Stories of Laylā al-ʿUthmān” in Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature, eds. Roger Allen, Hilary Kilpatrick, and Ed de Moor. London: Saqi Books, 175-184, p. 179