Cristina Fernandez Cubas does not introduce her heroines to us easily. She takes us on straight paths at first glance, and at one moment, she turns everything upside down. We discover that her characters are torn between two realities, the separation between which is very precise: the fixed reality, and the imagined or delusional reality. . One of them overpowers the other at times, and at other times a reconciliation occurs between them, without us knowing which of them truly exists, and which of them does not exist.
“Nona’s Room,” which won the Critics’ Prize in Spain (2015) and the National Narrative Award (2016), is a magnifying glass through which we see the complexities of the human soul and the mystery that surrounds our lives without us always succeeding in observing and understanding it. In it, “Cubas” reconsiders childhood and maturity. And loneliness and family, revealing to us that nothing is really as it seems, writing all of this in transparent language and in a unique style that gives it a detective touch, with skill and lightness.
Salman visits the dead cities to make a documentary film about them, those cities that were symbols of ancient civilizations, before they became cities of broken columns and stone remains. But he finds there, in the house of one of the city's elders, a painting of a wounded deer, signed by his mother, "Fatima." Soon, the owner of the house presents him with possible scenarios for his film, all of which revolve around “Fatima,” and he finds himself entering a magical world and a confusing maze as he spies on the hidden faces of his mother, realizing that he only knew one face of her.
In this novel, Khairy Al-Dhahabi manipulates times and multiple voices to write about dead cities and Fatima with its many mirrors. Who is she? What is its truth? What is the secret of wishing? “If her name wasn’t Fatima”?
The book talks about Dubai... the city of dreams, the city of beauty and its founder, Sheikh: Mohammed bin Rashid Ali Maktoum, and we quote from it...
Tamer of life's riders, spoiler of horse cravings
With the wisdom of the desert, I enriched the lush horses and took care to name them until they appeared in time as a legend that walked on the lashes of sand with ease, and went slowly to ascend to glory with every effort. Under its spikes, the earth moved, and I was rewarded for its command, patience, secret, and effort. And you were the knight who was the appropriate guardian of the dreams of the wise and the pens of the nobles, and you, sir, were like your impeccable poem, taming the great horses and passing on longings for ages.
Research - To deepen the culture of knowledge, five research papers on current Syrian questions: in cooperation with the Ettijahat Foundation and researchers:
Alina Khalil Owaisheq, Ammar Al-Mamoun, Omar Jabaei, Louay Al-Hamada, Maher Semaan, Nalin Malla, Muhammad Omran, Mamdouh Adwan Publishing and Distribution House
ل من الممكن أن تعشق الأرض مغتصبها يوماً؟ هل من الممكن أن تنهض الأرواح من تحت الركام، معلنة أنها تحب من سلبها حقها يوماً؟ هل هذا هو الحبّ الذي حلمت به "جوليا" بطلة، رنا اليسير وأحمد اليسير في رواية لَستُ قدّيسة وهي صغيرة، ومزقها وهي عروس ليلة خطبتها، وأحياها وهي مبعوثة سلام فوق هاوية الموت؟
Engineering literature:
Between literature and engineering..
My conviction is that integration enhances and consolidates what is right, because it breaks down the imaginary barriers between specializations, and opens up unlimited horizons for ideas, creating a new environment for innovation.
The content of this book is examples that I experienced in my studies, specialty, job, interests, hobbies, and volunteering, all of which confirm the meaning of the importance of integration that I expressed in the engineering literature equation.
