The two brothers, Helmy and Diaa, work in a car repair shop, while their mother works as a dancer in a nightclub.
Every day, when she goes out to work, one of the brothers disguises herself in her clothes to imitate her, and exercises the same dominance over the other with which she treats them.
In a theatrical text based on the play “The Maids” by the French writer Jean Genet, and taking place in the poor post-war neighborhoods of Damascus, Zain Saleh raises the questions that an entire generation suffers from about power, family, asylum, and gender.
كن محبًا بقلم سارا براوت ... كيف يتعافى الإنسان من صدمات حياته وآلامه النفسية؟ البعض يذهب إلى معالج نفسي، والبعض الآخر يسلك الطرق الروحية، وآخرون ينفون من ...
This story was written specifically for Emirati youth and adolescents and aims to connect them to their ancient past and their original environment and instill noble values in their homelands. The story takes a time from one of the most important periods of Emirati history, which is the end of the diving period and the beginning of the discovery of oil, to be an important turning point in the life of the hero of this story, which conveys in the context of its events the spirit Perseverance, diligence, and the values of patience and sacrifice, and enhance the sense of belonging and responsibility towards the land and society in its environment. We also note that this story develops the sense of communication with the sources of marine nature that have enriched the people of this earth. On the one hand, it confirms that fish wealth, with its abundant goodness, is a source of safety and reassurance. It also confirms that pearls With its high value, it is considered a source of struggle and an omen of happiness, and finally, oil, with its hidden treasures, becomes a symbol of luxury and assistance to all those in need around the world. The writer was able to establish these concepts indirectly and in a renewed heritage form that touches the understandings of new generations and takes them to the spaces of their fathers and grandfathers, thus achieving one of the most important desired goals. I hope that she will complete this work with a group of other works that come in this important context and are directed to the young people. Drawing them into the magical world of reading.
An ambitious mother passionate about medicine suffers and collapses from the transformations imposed by the totalitarian government’s control in all aspects of her social, political, and personal life, depriving her of her passion, identity, and even her desire for motherhood. A dreamy daughter attached to life lives under the care of her grandmother, because her mother often stays away from her. She lives in conflict in a society governed by fear of any difference, in which every desire for uniqueness becomes a crime that must be eliminated. Through the turbulent and volatile relationship between mother and daughter and the story of three generations of Latvian women during the Soviet control of their country, Nora Kstina tells a transparent story about motherhood, love, the desire to live, and hope.
