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Daring to Dream
I painted this because it is my dream to live in a campervan with my best friend, Hana.…
Basma, a brave mother facing her fears : Changing the story for her sons
courtesy of the image by Omar Bahig
My Culture
Me and My Culture I can see my culture in the pyramids And the flowing river. I can…
Play Time
Zoomorphic Arabesques This is a tiny detail from an ancient door inEgypt. It was ordered in AD 1321…
Things
THE PLASTIC MUG Sometimes I wish I’d never been made. I mean, plastic?! I look nice, all white…
Robabikya
Outside my bedroom window, I hear a shrill voice calling out. “Bikya! Robabikya!” I pull back the curtain…
Proverbs
PRO Rowayat is about words . . . Words making poetry, words making stories, words telling you about…
A Midnight Chat With El-Aragoz
It’s two o’clock in the morning, and I’m sitting in my bedroom, trying to finish this article about…
Goha
It’s true, you know. Stories like Cinderella, The Ugly Duckling, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and Sinbad the…