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Short story
الرحيل
Not translated into English
Shaykha al-Nakhi · 1970
Synopsis
A short story published in 1970 in a Dubai review, the first that an Emirati woman brought out. Olatunbosun Ishaq Tijani notes its romantic style, characteristic of the author, whose first writings dealt with the education, health and advancement of women. The story gave its title to the author's first collection.
Context
The story won the prize of the Ministry of Youth, and Tijani reports that it is reproduced in full in a work by Minu published in 2000. The author went on to produce other collections, Rih al-Shamal, Azf ala awtar al-farah or Hawajiz, in which she criticises social customs such as divorce, excessive dowries or marriage to foreign women. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has honoured her as one of the country's first women short-story writers.
Who it is for
For getting to know the first female voice of Emirati prose, at the beginnings of the short story in the country.
Prizes and reception
Emarat Al Youm writes that she holds a lasting place in the history of Emirati and Gulf literature.
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