Dolls learn to walk

Author: Wafa Al-Kanhal Publisher: Arab Publishing Foundation Language: Arabic Pages: 94 Summary: The narrative rhythm appears clearly in the collection by the author Wafa Al-Kanhal "Dolls Learn to Walk," which gives it cohesion and generates many contrasts with intellectual and conceptual significance, based on criticizing the reality experienced. This is evident in the story titled "Renaissance in Speech": "He stood on the pulpit": The genes have matured from the effect of destruction and have bandaged the wounds of the homeland, so it is necessary to pour calmness into the jars of childhood. As soon as he returned to the library, he ordered the closure of a nursery and its replacement with a real estate office! Here, the rhythm emphasizes the intellectual concept and the message through which the author presents the story, highlighting humanity's inability to protect its children and the injustice faced by the world of childhood, in the face of the flood of materialism and personal interests. It is undoubtedly a satirical paradox, not devoid of a story from the collection, highlighted through a stylistic sequence that governs many images within an artistic system that confirms various ideological implications. From the titles of the collection, we mention: "Zahra's Rebellion," "An End That Didn't Begin," "Memory's Corpse," "Galaxies' Song," "Emptiness," "A Document for the Hungry," "Without," "Did Not Leave Me," "Meeting in the Hall of the Notebook," "Conditional Love," "A Heartless Image," (...) and other titles.