Salma

Longlisted, 2022 Dublin Literary Award Winner, English PEN Translates Award 'What a life! She didn't like being here, and she didn't like going there.' Mehar dreams of freedom and a life with her children. Asiya dreams of her daughter's happiness. Sajida dreams of becoming a doctor. Subaida dreams of the day when her family will become free of woes. Parveen dreams of a little independence, a little space for herself in the world. Mothers, daughters,...

Introduction to Analytical Chemistry.The Fundamentals of Analytical ChemistryThe study of identifying and quantifying chemical compounds is the main emphasis of analytical chemistry. By providing the methods and instruments for studying and describing a vast array of materials, it is a vital tool in many scientific and industrial domains. Analytical chemists work to ensure that fields like environmental monitoring, food safety, medicines, and forensic...

Have you ever looked up at the vast expanse of the night sky, filled with countless twinkling stars, and felt a profound sense of awe and wonder? It's in those moments of cosmic contemplation that questions about life's grand mysteries often arise. Perhaps you've found yourself pondering the nature of existence, the purpose of humanity, or the meaning of suffering. But have you ever questioned the silence that sometimes follows your most heartfelt...

Un excellent guide de consommation du sucre dans la vie de tous les jours. Le saccharose, plus communément appelé le sucre, est omniprésent dans la nature. Des fleurs chlorophylles aux sécrétions animales comme le lait ou le miel, en passant par les fruits, son rle énergisant est essentiel pour tout organisme vivant. Toutefois, il convient de différencier le sucre à l'état naturel du sucre industriel, à savoir le sucre blanc raffiné,...

Andini's intoxicating film BEFORE, NOW & THEN follows Nana, the beautiful wife of a wealthy plantation owner whose inner life remains with her deceased first husband, murdered in the civil war a decade prior. A survivor, Nana values her safety and material comforts, but carries out a haunted existence, dreaming of her lost love. Forced to confront her husband's blatant infidelity, Nana makes an unusual connection with his younger mistress, Ino. The...

From the novel by Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley explores intersecting lives in Mexico City. Cantina owner Rutilio (Ernesto Gómez Cruz) gives in to latent homosexual desires. His son, Chava (Juan Manuel Bernal), yearns to immigrate to America, while spinster Susanita (Margarita Sanz) dreams of a husband. Finally, Abel (Bruno Bichir) is a poor barber whose romance with the innocent beauty Alma (Salma Hayek) tragically ends after...

"Mona Hasan is a young Muslim girl growing up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the first Gulf War breaks out in 1991. The war isn't what she expects--especially when the ground offensive is over so quickly...Over the course of one year, Mona falls in love, speaks up to protect her younger sister, loses her best friend to the new girl at school, has summer adventures with her cousins in Pakistan, immigrates to Canada, and pursues her ambition to...