![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Muslim religion plays a very dominant role in Rifaat’s stories, as is characterised by the numerous call for prayers and the observance of the rotes of the religious rituals. What her stories do is to rally Arab/Muslim women to assess their positions as mothers, wives, and sisters and redefine these positions in the context of their religion and its dictates. In her stories, Alifa Rifaat does not call on her fellow Arab women to fight for their rights her clarion call is not for the women to be up in arms against their men or the male dominated society. Her writing articulates a subtle revolt against, and a sympathetic insight into, the place of women in the essentially male-dominated Islamic environment. This anthology was read for the Africa Reading Challenge hosted by Kinna.Īlifa Rifaat, an Egyptian, in this fifteen (15) short story anthology, convincingly lifts the veil on what it means to be a woman living within a traditional Muslim society. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Previously published: New York : Macmillan, 1959 ![]() What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between "cheap grace" and "costly grace." ![]() ![]() ![]() is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he discovers that the neighbors are devouring each other and the local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators roaming Seattle. His most tried-and-true remedies-from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis-fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. starts to feel like something isn't quite right. Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (those idiots), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®. Published by Hachette Audio on August 6, 2019Īmazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, Apple ![]() |