Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, No. 43

A rich exploration of sibling bonds in literature and the arts

This issue of Alif explores representations of brotherhood/sisterhood in literature and the arts. What does it mean to be part of a brotherly/sisterly bond? And what do such bonds entail, positively or otherwise? These questions have been extensively posed and revisited in a variety of traditions old and new. Sibling relations, here defined, can also transcend kinship and blood relations to include shared causes and values, such as political solidarity and gender equality.

Contributors:

Shereen Abouelnaga, Cairo University, Egypt

Abdelrahman Abuabed, independent scholar, Doha, Qatar

Karam AbuSehly, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

Saad Al-Bazei, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mariam Elashmawy, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Safaa Fathy, poet, essayist, and filmmaker, France

Anna Głowacka, independent scholar, Austria

Hala K. Gomaa, independent scholar, Cairo, Egypt

Noha Hanafy, The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

Magda Hasabelnaby, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Amina Mansour, photographer, creative conceptualizer, and copywriter, Cairo, Egypt

Dalia Said Mostafa, The University of Manchester, UK

Manal Al-Natour, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Andrea Maria Negri, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Yomna Saber, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Muhammed F. Salem, independent scholar, Cairo, Egypt

Mary Youssef, Binghamton University, New York State, USA