Doha- In a fusion of reality and fiction, the novel “Smedra.. A Lady's Wrestle” by Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Salem Al Kuwari, the previous Qatari Minister of Well being, addresses various social, political, mental and cultural points. human rights within the Arab world.
The novel, which is in 200 pages of medium items, its writer wished to ship via it a set of messages confirming the standing of homelands and freedom, highlighting the significance of girls and their position in society, along with tackle points confronted by the Arab citizen over the previous decade because of the Arab Spring revolutions, equivalent to alienation and asylum. By way of the narration of the story of a younger Arab lady named Smedra, she lived a narrative of battle in varied areas and in numerous occasions. .
The novel has simply been printed in Doha, and its occasions happen in 4 totally different environments: the primary is in what's metaphorically known as the homeland, the second is town of Istanbul, the place college research, cultural range and development of oneself, and the third atmosphere is town of Paris, the place the sensible software of all subject experiences and theories, and ended within the metropolis of Toronto in Canada, the place the heroine was capable of notice her goals and its aspirations in direction of patriotism, coexistence and acceptance of the opposite.
In a story construction, the novel tells a part of the biography of the heroine (Smedra) from her start and upbringing within the metropolis of Al-Bayda, situated on one of many hills within the northeast of the Levant, till ‘ to his set up in Canada, going via research in Istanbul first, then in Paris, journey to Doha, and between the primary schooling and the setting during which the occasions of the novel finish, Smedra goes via fateful twists and turns that decide his selection of affection, affiliation and profession.
The Nationwide Library of Qatar held a signing ceremony and dialogue on the novel “Smedra”, the primary novel by His Excellency Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Salem Al Kuwari, former Minister of Well being of Qatar. pic.twitter.com/KBrKkYj1TK
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Ladies and the battle of peoples
Because the narrative line of the novel progresses, we witness the evolution of the character of the heroine, since she is going to study in regards to the position of girls within the battle of peoples for his or her freedom, and about their sacrifices. through the Arab revolutions. , whether or not within the squares or via the fashionable media, with a view to increase consciousness and defend the rights and freedom of opinion and expression of girls, as we are able to see, on the premise of their nationwide and militant convictions , increasingly ripe.
The novel “Smedra” incorporates the information of the fashionable novel, and is characterised by the accuracy of the character design, and it offers with many points equivalent to refugees and the like, as a result of it strikes on occasion easily.
The writer opens the narrative time with an incident that occurred to the Arab activist Smedra within the French capital (Paris) whereas she was participating within the commemoration of the French Revolution. Traitors, freedom is not going to fall!
From this inaugural occasion, the novel units out to rediscover the historical past of the resistant “Smedra” household, which is mirrored of their character and their battle towards injustice and tyranny of their nation.
As a consequence of suspended research circumstances in her nation, Smeda was pressured to to migrate to finish her research at Istanbul College, and there her scientific prowess emerged. The narrator attracts for the reader two parallel and decisive strains within the character of Smedra, particularly the road of scientific path and the road of the nationwide path Injustice and tyranny.
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narrative house
Within the midst of this ambiance, the narrator has shaped the narrative house during which the alternatives of Smedra flourish, who has discovered her path in direction of political dialogue and the reason of the query of her nation. Because of this, the scholars knew her and noticed in her the very best consultant of her nation by becoming a member of associations for the protection of human rights and by attracting free folks from everywhere in the world. A powerful relationship was established between her and these jurists from college students.
The novel units a vital narrative flip at two overlapping ranges, the primary: Smedra's acceptance into the college-supervised world analysis staff in coordination with the core analysis staff on the College of Toronto in Canada , and the second: Smedra's choice to determine a company known as “Free With out Chains” involved with human freedom and reunification. Efforts to comprehend hopes, utilizing new media and knowledge expertise, to achieve recognition for the group and to grant Smedra a United Nations journey doc that authorizes him to journey between nations to hold out its humanitarian capabilities.
Smedra turned well-known amongst humanitarian organizations due to her drive of argument, her stable opinion and her audacity within the fact, so she took the lead in demonstrations and protests. When the state of affairs worsened in her nation and the information of the arrest of her shut good friend, she held a convention on the headquarters of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner and gave terrifying particulars in regards to the state of affairs of individuals in her nation. , she proposed {that a} staff made up of the Fee and the group “Free With out Chains” go to her nation, take inventory of the state of affairs, interview personalities of the regime and prisoners of conscience, and submit a report back to the UN.

surviving dying
The novel picks up the place it started, and we study of Smedra's destiny after she is shot, earlier than accompanying the heroine on one other journey of struggling and hope to Canada.
Concerning the explanations and motivations behind writing the novel “Smedra…A Lady's Wrestle”, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Salem Al-Kuwari stated, “A woman from the Levant drew my consideration to Twitter who stood up with power and enthusiasm for his homeland.”
Al-Kuwari added, in an announcement to Al-Jazeera Web, that this lady “disappeared from our on-line world and her account remained for a short while earlier than it was cancelled, so I began gathering tweets and to discover info and concepts for the concept of writing a novel primarily based on the biography of this troubled lady.”
He confused that he sees this lady as a job mannequin for the Arab lady who defends her homeland and her freedom at a time when ladies are topic to absenteeism and alienation, and the carpet has been faraway from their position. of protection and development of the fatherland, in addition to their freedom and the destruction of their religion and their intuition.
He explains that he used the vine, which sits in the midst of the courtyard of the Shaker household (the heroine's household within the novel) as a logo of the Levant, noting that he appeared for the that means of the vine in Syriac. language utilized in historic occasions within the Levant and Iraq, and located the identify “Smedra”, which implies “the rose of the vine”, and that the vine usually grows flowers and infrequently provides roses.Smedra, the rose of the vine, is a logo of exclusivity.
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