Sharjah: Aladdin Mahmoud
Perhaps one of the most important reasons for the superiority of Emirati women’s narration, in the field of stories in particular, is that yearning and that desire to say something different, which is social history as narrated by women. This is undoubtedly a novel that has its own specificity in relation to the central role of women in any society, and therefore the narration comes loaded with visions. Intellectual, and this is confirmed by the journey of Emirati women writers with literature in general and narrative in more particular.
“Eid Night” is a collection of short stories by the writer Fatima Al Mazrouei. It was published in its first edition in 2003, by the Department of Culture in Sharjah, and it is the writer’s first literary publication.
The publication includes the early writings of Fatima Al Mazroui, who paved a special path for herself in terms of style and method of approach. The text promotes an in-depth look at humanitarian and societal issues, because the author was not only connected to her reality, but rather opened up to humanity in general, and made her concerns the focus of her writings, in addition to… Observing social realism with all its contradictions and various details, especially the issue of women. What is noticeable in many Emirati women writers is that their narration, whether a novel or a short story, is not only a space for complaints and transparent revelation, despite the aesthetics of that approach, but what is most important for them is always the rush towards… Writing as an issue and a responsibility towards society in general, and this is what we see clearly in this group that delves deeply into women’s and society’s issues.
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In this collection, Al Mazroui continues the act of illuminating the darkness over many dark places in the past, as a victory for women and a criticism of the ancient traditions that formed an authority over them for many years. This type of writing carries a call for women to occupy a better position, and the writer also addresses different forms of concerns related to women. Such as divorce, marriage, love, and so on, as narrative texts rise as a critical platform that champions women’s status, position, and status. The writer says about that approach: “I have dealt with different types of women who suffer because of society, and I expect that an Arab writer today is able to write about her concerns.” And their problems and conditions, and we have seen many writings that dealt with women’s issues and their authors were able to change the conditions in their societies.” Perhaps what distinguishes Fatima is her approach to this aesthetic and intellectual task in a sober manner, which in many cases elevates some of the values and ideals that society adopts, so it goes without mentioning that The issue of women’s empowerment has been part of the state’s strategy since its founding in relation to the Emirati reality, as the state’s leaders worked to provide a special place for women, so they assumed leadership positions.
The book consists of 88 small-sized pages, and includes 9 texts: “A Flower for Love,” “The Sun of the Night,” “Remains Under the Soil,” “The North Star,” “The Ring,” “Evening Birds,” “The Blind,” “ “Colorful Dreams” and “Eid Night.” The cover design came with a plastic painting that refers to the dark psychological worlds of the atmosphere of many of the texts within the collection. This is a distinctive textual threshold that leads to the book’s various topics, which deal with a number of different social issues with angles that indicate the sense of capture when The writer, and the reader also feels the poetic dimension in choosing the titles, and this may be due to the author’s poetic experience.
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Fatima Al Mazrouei’s narrative experience found much acceptance among readers and critics, as this collection, in addition to a number of her short and novel publications, was discussed by a number of specialists, led by critic Haitham Yahya Al Khawaja, in his book “Fatima Al Mazrouei and the Fragments of Literary Creativity,” and this indicates The impact created by the writer’s texts. Al-Khawaja points out that reading Fatima Al-Mazrouei’s creative productions means countless benefits, as the writer’s stories and novels have multiple and different faces of conscious theses, and a dialogue that penetrates the human soul that stands for truth and desires to stand up from childhood against… Whoever oppresses, or is ignorant of the meaning of life and human humanity, and Al-Khawaja explains that Al-Mazroui was able to carve a different path for herself, and an aesthetic and intellectual vision, as there is novelty, renewal, innovation, and avoidance of repetition in her works, which is an approach that the author pursues with determination so as not to be an imitation of others.
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In some of the texts of her collection of short stories, Al Mazroui worked on portraying society in a creative way, full of ideas and visions that serve the aesthetic dimension, in a sober way that works to address social relations and psychological dimensions in a condensed and condensed way that leads directly to meaning, and in other texts she works to evade reality, and this is evident through Dialogues, drawing and creating characters and heroes, and raising questions. The characters in this group, whether they are men or women, are obsessed with suspicions, concerned with the struggle with life, inhabited by anxiety and perhaps fear, or a fabric of contradictory feelings, but in any case they are fighting the battle of living, and walking in their dark paths. In an era when man almost lost his human and social essence.
In the collection of short stories, the writer employs poetic language whose beauty lies in creating metaphors, similes, and vocabulary filled with beauty. In the story “The Flower of Love,” we read this remarkable passage: “Since your departure, my love, heavy feet have been trampling my empty land, settling with their destructive weapons in the gardens of my soul,” and in the story “The Sun of the Night,” we read: “Weakness almost burns every remnant of hope inside him. The silence grows and the circle of questions expands, and they remain without an answer that extinguishes them.” This passage carries philosophical dimensions, as a person always faces moments of silence laden with confusion with a flood of questions, but in the story of “ Remnants of dust,” so we read: “Behind the night there are always clouds pregnant with groans. The night always comes to my village. I consider it a gentle visitor carrying an endless mystery between its wings,” and in all of these passages the reader notices that sadness and grief that inhabits the atmosphere of the texts.
The title of the book is taken from one of the stories in the collection, “Eid Night.” Although Eid brings joy and beautiful wishes, it sometimes carries unpleasant surprises, involving the idea of contradicting joy. It was hoped that Eid Night in the story would be a hymn to rain of dreams, happy wishes, and good news. With the fulfillment of high hopes, but the winds bring what ships do not desire, it was a night of tears and sadness, but the wishes may not come true in reality, but rather are carried by a beautiful dream, and we read at the end of the story: “After two months, most of the village people swore that when the sun set, they would They see the shadow of two bodies, there by the giant olive tree, their soft musical laughter emanates, as they draw together, a world with an atmosphere of romance and love.
