Song of the Reed
If you're a fan of William Blake (and if you're not, it's probably only because you haven't had your mind blown by him yet), you'll be acquainted with the reed pipe as a symbol for the poet or the...
Books/Garden as a Path to Freedom
Ahmed is a child of privilege, no question about it. She tells us that her childhood home has a beautiful and rare garden that's actually a little bit famous in Cairo at the time. Yeah, when your b...
Woman as Bearer of Firewood
When Ahmed thinks about being a woman in Abu Dhabi (and in the entire Arab world, really), she has a classic Wife of Bath "who-painted-the-lion?" moment. How did it happen that women got a bad rap...