Reader's eye. Eye of the critic. Painter's eye. Photographer's eye. Artist's eye. Journalist's eye. Many other eyes have become part of the dictionary of terms used in this era, and it happens that a person tells himself or others to read a specific text with the eyes of the reader, not the critic, or vice versa.
How many eyes do we have?
Is the eye the first key to receiving, understanding and interpretation? Or is it just an intermediary?
There is no doubt that the interpretation of texts cannot take place without reading them (hearing is a form of reading), and that a text that is not read or heard cannot be interpreted. Therefore, these parties overlap so much that it is impossible to do without one over the other.
Hiding behind the identity of a mysterious orientalist, a young American comes to Jabal al-Arab, moves between the villages of Suwayda, and then continues his journey to Latakia. To complete the threads of a miraculous story he heard and became a party to, let us read it partly from the pages of the orientalist’s memoirs, and hear it partly from the tongues of people who lived it.
The Jabal al-Arab region continues to generate stories that tell of the harshness of life, social injustice, and the tyranny of customs and traditions that strangle the fates of heroes. But just as there are “pashas” and “maraba’un” in the mountain, there are “pashas” and “peasants” in other places. With the conflict between all of these people, falling in love becomes an adventure with unknown consequences.
In his novel, Rabih Murshid delves deeply into the oral heritage of his environment, employing its myths, songs, and poems arranged within graceful and interesting narrative templates, to tell a love story between two people riding on horseback and trying to conquer fear by singing.
لم يتوقع سوى قلة قليلة من المراقبين أن تمتلك سنغافورة الصغيرة فرصة كبيرة بالبقاء، حين منحت استقلالها عام 1965م. فكيف - إذن- أصبحت المحطة التجارية النائية ...
Ammuna Al-Shatoura:
This story is one of a series of stories and letters by the author. It is an educational story that is sufficient to make the child’s imagination fertile and help him think, deduce, and analyze. It is accompanied by a set of exercises that help expand the child’s understanding.
