Update
since most of you have already left comments on this post about our new chapter of
then, let us continue commenting here
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By the way, did you research
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The book
interesting cover, wouldn't you say?
And here is what Zainab Al-Sharif had to say about the chapter
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While reading the chapter Contesting Languages, I could not help but to associate the story (Tawahin Bayrut) to that of Great Expectations. The protagonist Tamima seems to be repressed. What I mean is that before migrating to Beirut, she used to leave her father and brother to choose her destiny. It is only when she meets Rami and Hani that she begins to develop and mature. I feel sympathy towards her but at the same time I find her so naive that it just irritates me as a woman. May be I am too harsh to judge her that way. We cannot escape the fact that in the past women were not considered to vote and be active in political movements. Sadly it is still there, this segregation between sexes in Afghanistan even in most Arab countries. Another similarity that I found in Dickens's novel is the awareness of the unrequited love in Hani and Tamima's relationship. This same goes to Pip and Estella, and yet he still loves her. It is sad to see that both of these major characters know their situation and know what is best for them yet they go to the wrong direction. I might bore you with this but this is what I call a split personality in the major character and in Ramzi. In other words Tamima wants something yet she does the total opposite for the sake of not being rejected by society. Ramzi on the one hand knows what he wants and manipulates by showing off the values of society. I disliked Ramzi because he is a typical hypocrite and can obtain what he wants through his wittiness. That character reminds me of Hitler. Another thing I would like to add is how Hani is somewhat an open minded person and a pacifist. He is too ideal and that is what I like about him. He (Hani) reminds me of Jamal Abdul Nasser in a way when he suggested that there is no point in differentiating Arabs by their religion, Arabs should be unified.
While reading the chapter Contesting Languages, I could not help but to associate the story (Tawahin Bayrut) to that of Great Expectations. The protagonist Tamima seems to be repressed. What I mean is that before migrating to Beirut, she used to leave her father and brother to choose her destiny. It is only when she meets Rami and Hani that she begins to develop and mature. I feel sympathy towards her but at the same time I find her so naive that it just irritates me as a woman. May be I am too harsh to judge her that way. We cannot escape the fact that in the past women were not considered to vote and be active in political movements. Sadly it is still there, this segregation between sexes in Afghanistan even in most Arab countries. Another similarity that I found in Dickens's novel is the awareness of the unrequited love in Hani and Tamima's relationship. This same goes to Pip and Estella, and yet he still loves her. It is sad to see that both of these major characters know their situation and know what is best for them yet they go to the wrong direction. I might bore you with this but this is what I call a split personality in the major character and in Ramzi. In other words Tamima wants something yet she does the total opposite for the sake of not being rejected by society. Ramzi on the one hand knows what he wants and manipulates by showing off the values of society. I disliked Ramzi because he is a typical hypocrite and can obtain what he wants through his wittiness. That character reminds me of Hitler. Another thing I would like to add is how Hani is somewhat an open minded person and a pacifist. He is too ideal and that is what I like about him. He (Hani) reminds me of Jamal Abdul Nasser in a way when he suggested that there is no point in differentiating Arabs by their religion, Arabs should be unified.
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excellent Zainab
let's hear it from every one
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Girls, Mr. Henry Zugaib sends his best to you
