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