Bread on Uncle Milad's table

In the community of his closed village, Milad the craftsman searches for the definition of masculinity as his society sees it, fails throughout his life to be a man after many attempts, decides to be himself and forget this definition after he meets his beloved and future wife Zainab, lives his days inside the house taking on the roles the society permits women to have, while his beloved works to support the house, thus they invert social roles. Milad remains unaware of the mockery of his society until his cousin reveals what is happening around him. The novel discusses the different definitions of masculinity in the village community, but it retains one definition of the opposite man or (the non-man) which Milad the craftsman symbolizes. Bread on the table of Uncle Milad - Mohamed Al-Naaas