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Malika Moustadraf
cruelty, dignity, gender, relationships, feminism, discrimination, religion
Just Different
Malika Moustadraf
cruelty, dignity, gender, relationships, feminism, discrimination, religion

A trans youth relates her experience growing up in a Muslim environment.

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Malika Moustadraf
cruelty, dignity, gender, relationships, feminism, discrimination, religion
Rachida el-Charni
cruelty, empathy, dignity
The Way to Poppy Street
Rachida el-Charni
cruelty, empathy, dignity

A woman is mugged on the street while onlookers fail to come to her aid.

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Rachida el-Charni
cruelty, empathy, dignity
Tayeb Salih
religion, culture
The Doum-tree of Wad Hamid
Tayeb Salih
religion, culture

A village isolated from the wider world is confronted with modernity and faces an uncertain future.

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Tayeb Salih
religion, culture
Nuruddin Farah
prostitution, exploitation, relationships
The Start of the Affair
Nuruddin Farah
prostitution, exploitation, relationships

James, a retired South African Professor, is trying to start a relationship with Ahmed, a young Somalian refugees who is an employee in his restaurant.

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Nuruddin Farah
prostitution, exploitation, relationships
S. Yizhar
war, authority, cruelty, responsibility, conscience
The Prisoner
S. Yizhar
war, authority, cruelty, responsibility, conscience

Soldiers round up an innocent Arab shepherd in Palestine and subject him to abuse during interrogations. The protagonist is torn between orders from superiors and his conscience, telling him to set the prisoner free.

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S. Yizhar
war, authority, cruelty, responsibility, conscience

 

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