#105, Book Review: Saudi values wander in the restless desert

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ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#105 | November 21 | ISSN 0975-3036

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Book Review
Memories Resurrected by Mohammed Sumili
Arabseque Publishers, Cairo, 2010, Pages 105
ISBN 977-17-9565-1

Mohammed Sumili is the next who has brought silver particles from the restless desert of the Saudi Arabia. Just one hundred pages have revealed painful wandering, game of pleasure, and eloquent articulation in the desert which is shrinking into clash point of urban boldness and rural traditions prevailed for centuries in the Kingdom. Memories Resurrected. Among rarely talked issues in the Saudi society are women, relationship and of course politics. The novella has talked first two of them which have sufficiently challenged extremism, traditionalism or anything against modern outlook. Raja Al Sanea, Madawi Al Rashid, Salma K Jayyusi, Mansour al-Hazimi and Izzat Khattab have earlier highlighted tensions within the Islamic kingdom. (more…)

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