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- Title: Identity, Gender, And Politics in Buthaina Khidr Mekki's Novel Hujul Min Shawk (1) (Critical Essay)
- Author : Ahfad Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
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The Sudanese novelist and short story writer, Buthaina Khidr Mekki, (2) has been a major contributor to modern Sudanese literature. She has written thematically diverse novels and short stories from a number of genres and traditions. Among her many short story collections are al-Nakhta wal Maghna ("The Palm Tree and Singing") 1993; Ashbah al-Mudun ("Cities Ghosts") 1994; Ataif al-Huzn ("Spectrums of Sadness") 1996; and Uhzujat al-Makan 2001 ("The Song of Place"). Her novels include Oghniat al-Nar ("Fire Story") 1998; Sahil al-Nahr ("River Neigh") 2000; and Hijul min Shawk ("Anklets of Thorns") 2004. Mekki has also produced several collections of articles and children books including Ghita al-Samt ("The Veil of Silence") 1996; Fatat al-Qariah ("Village Girl") 1993; and Ta'sil al-Turath fil Tarbiyah wal Ta'lim ("Authentification of Heritage in Education and Learning") 2004, among others. The literary work of Buthaina Khidr Mekki has been recognized not only nationally, but also regionally especially in some Arab countries. As some critics have noted, Mekki uses the Arabic language in a style that gives the reader the sense that she is an artist who is not afraid to present the "truth" clearly and without any obscurity (3). The Iraqi critic Sabri Moslim remarked that Mekki is a skilled story-teller who chooses her events carefully without giving the reader the sense that she is writing an autobiography. Other critics, such as Ibrahim Sa'afan, have noted that Buthaina Khidr Mekki is a realist who fuses her feelings with reality to the extent that they become part of one another. Such a quality gives her a vantage point that allows her to depict the setting of her narrative, not only from the perspective of an outsider, but also from within, at its most intimate inner core, until the country itself becomes a living being that breathes and moves along with its characters. She clearly has an intimate connection and knowledge of the Sudan and expresses this intimacy with passion and a sense of belonging to her homeland, expressed with love for its Nile, grass, haskanit (4), and its moon that always shines in tranquility, as noted by the Sudanese writer al-Tayyeb Zarroug.