Faced with this devastation, options include withdrawal and confrontation. The decision is speech. It is the word. And the word is an act of confrontation
Hisham Naffa writes a personal and biased review of the book 'The Ten Letters' by Nabil and Ala Aweidah, acknowledging his comradely relationship with the authors. The article explores the dialogue between father and daughter about pain, dreams, and political commitment, arguing that socialism is the essential condition for the letters to move from the private to the public sphere. It leaves the question open about the nature of intergenerational dialogue between anxiety and resilience.
Hisham Naffa writes a personal and biased article about the book 'The Ten Letters' by the late comrade Nabil Aweidah and his daughter Ala. The writer admits from the outset that he is not a neutral literary critic, but a comrade and friend of the authors, biased towards their values and visions. The article reviews the dialogue between father and daughter in the book, which addresses existential questions about pain, devastation, dreams, and political and moral commitment. It describes how the letters begin by recalling childhood images and difficult questions about the world, and how the father responds from his own time. The writer argues that socialism is the essential condition for these letters to move from the private to the public sphere, and that intellectual-political commitment is what keeps their authors constantly engaged with the public. The writer leaves the question open as to whether this is an intergenerational dialogue reflecting the anxiety of the second generation versus the resilience of the first.