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Month: February 2020

The Gate to the Body

system (20/2/2020)

The size of her breasts and their roundness. Her father claims they have reached the size that attracts the looks of the truck drivers passing in the morning on the road running next to the village, while her mother says they are hardly noticable behind her bra.
A short story by Palestinian female writer Sheikha Hlewa.

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Arab Jewish Translational Models in Fin de Siècle Palestine

system (15/2/2020)

Against the backdrop of the intensifying national conflict between Jews and Arabs, a multilingual translation project emerged in Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century. An article by Dr. Yuval Evri.

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Ice Cream in the Car

system (4/2/2020)

A short story by Tamara Naser translated from Arabic.

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