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Breaking Knees
Breaking Knees: Modern Arabic Short Stories from Syria | Zakar?y? T?mir
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The first of Zakaria Tamer's collections of stories to be published in English as one volume, Breaking Knees is a daring work of art that deals with taboo subjects like religion and sexuality in a direct manner and expresses an urgently felt need for change. The general theme of Breaking Knees is repression: of the individual by the institutions of state and religion and of individuals by each other, particularly women by men. Thus the question of authority - political, social, sexual and religious - forms the thematic core of the book, with (female) sexuality receiving the lion's share of concern. Political authority is manifest in the emphasis in many stories on the machinations of the police state - arbitrary arrest and detention, interrogations, corruption. Social authority expresses itself in the patriarchal cultural order and dominance of religious and cultural institutions and conventions that constrain individual freedom. Many stories stress religious hypocrisy and the unfilled sexual expectations of women. In bringing together religion, politics and sexuality (sometimes all three in the same story), the author is telling us indirectly that these forms of oppression are all connected.
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Yoga is good for you, right? Absolutely—up until the moment you rip a large tear in your meniscus. 😬

Surgery on tap for July 23, with about 9 days of recovery afterward. Sigh. At least I can use the time off from work to read ...

Melissa_J Ouch! Take care. Glad to hear you‘ll be able to get it fixed quickly. 5y
Lreads Wow! Read all the books and heal quickly! 5y
aprilpohren Oh wow!!! Take care of yourself!! Read lots of books!! 5y
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xicanti Oh no! 5y
OneCent76 Ouch! I hope surgery and recovery goes well for you!
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Amiable @Melissa_J @QuietlyLaura @aprilpohren @xicanti @OneCent76 Thanks—this definitely wasn‘t how I planned to spend my summer, but I guess the extra reading time is a bonus? 😳 5y
TheSpineView How terrible! Hope you get better soon! 5y
KatieDid927 Oh noooo! I‘m sorry. Get better soon! 5y
Slajaunie Wow! That‘s awful! Hope things go well. 💙📚 5y
CarolynM Poor you, such horribly bad luck. Best wishes for a speedy recovery💐 5y
Mollyanna Oh no! Hope surgery goes well and you have a quick recovery. 5y
SW-T Hope your surgery and recovery go well! 5y
Amiable @TheSpineView @KatieDid927 @Slajaunie @CarolynM @Mollyanna @SW-T Thank you all for your kind thoughts and wishes! 😘 5y
sprainedbrain Oh no!! Wishing you a quick recovery. ❤️ 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Hope the surgery goes well. Read away, though. 💗 5y
Tamra Shoot! 😕 5y
Ddzmini Awe hope you have a fast recovery 🙏📖😋... at least you‘ll get to read more 😝📚 (edited) 5y
Cathythoughts Oh no !! These things happen so suddenly.... speedy recovery & lots of reading time 5y
batsy Oh damn :( All the best for your surgery and take care 💐💛 5y
tournevis Ow. Ow. Ow. 😘 5y
youneverarrived Oh gosh. Hope the surgery goes well 💕 5y
kspenmoll Best of luck on your surgery & your recovery- here‘s to reading to get you through that time. Sending you 💕💕 5y
Amiable @kspenmoll Thank you so much! I literally just got home from the library with a stack of books to get me through the next week on the couch. 🙂 5y
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Waiting on my last post-op check!

NovelGirl82 I thought it was the last one. But I have to go back in 3 months. All is well, though!! 8y
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Thanks for all of the good thoughts, prayers, and kind words everyone! I'm home & a little drugged up. The hubs is making me a light breakfast, then I am going to spend the rest of the day snoozing.

megt Glad you're already home! Now on to a speedy recovery! 8y
Megabooks I hope your recovery goes smoothly! 8y
EricQiao Get well real soon! In the meantime snoozing and drugs sound fantastic. 8y
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Suzze Heal quickly and hope your drugs don't make you too loopy to read! 8y
CrowCAH Glad to hear! 💐 8y
LeahBergen Heal up quickly! ❤❤ 8y
BookishFeminist 💓💓 hope its a fast and smooth recovery!! 8y
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Getting checked in!! Here we go!!

BookishMarginalia Big hug! And positive vibes! 8y
LauraBeth Pugs and kisses 💕 8y
JoeStalksBeck 💜💙💚💛❤️ 8y
BookishFeminist 💞💞 good vibes!! 8y
Gayan 💜💜💜💜💜 8y
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NovelGirl82
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The hubs took me out for an amazing pre-op dinner (& I brought cheesecake home for dessert!). Now, I just have to try to keep my anxiety down until the morning!!

LeahBergen 💗💗 8y
Bostonmomx2 Prayers for a speedy recovery!! 8y
mcipher Best wishes!! 8y
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CrowCAH Keep breathing, you'll be fine; thoughts and prayers for a healthy outcome! 8y
megt Sending good wishes! 💕 8y
NovelGirl82 @CrowCAH I'm trying!! Thank you!! 8y
BookishFeminist 💓💓 8y
SusanInTiburon 🤗🤗🤗 8y
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Getting pre-registered for Thursday morning!!

Reecaspieces Good luck!!! 8y
BookishFeminist Good luck!!🤞🏼 sending you positive vibes 8y
Suzze Good thoughts coming your way! 8y
megt Sending good vibes your way! 8y
NovelGirl82 @Reecaspieces @BookishFeminist @Suzze @megt Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️ 8y
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After 4 weeks of PT, the stupid thing has to have surgery done on it. Scheduled for January 26. On the bright side: I guess I'll get a substantial amount of time off of work to read...

Louise May you have a successful surgery with plenty of blissful reading hours under the influence of mighty literature and powerful painkillers! 😂🍀 8y
Megabooks I'm so sorry! I hope you heal quickly! Keep us updated. 💜💜💜 8y
megt Oh no! Wishing you a speedy recovery and lots of good reads to help you pass the time. 8y
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Back at PT this week!

BookishMarginalia 💪🏼 8y
MrBook 🙌🏻 8y
MrBook Hey, accept my GR friend request 😜😂👏🏻. 8y
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NovelGirl82 @MrBook I don't have a request from you! I would have totally accepted it!! 😂😂 I'll find you & send you one! 8y
MrBook 😁👏🏻 8y
NovelGirl82 @MrBook I think I found you & sent you a request! 😊😊😊 8y
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Got the hubby off to the camp, so I have a week at home to myself. My plan is to get some good reading in, but after the first week of PT, this stupid knee hurts bad enough that I'm afraid to even try to start on anything. Ggrrrr...

BookishMarginalia Hope you feel better soon! 💜 8y
NovelGirl82 @BookishMarginalia Thanks girl! I don't go again until Sunday, so hopefully a couple of days off will help. 8y
Megabooks I'm sorry. Maybe settle in with a good movie? Might be more distracting/easier. 8y
megt Hope you feel better soon! 8y
NovelGirl82 That was definitely the better way to go last night @Ebooksandcooks! We'll see how this evening goes. Thank you @megt!! 8y
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New accessory! I got to go from the immobilizer to a hinged brace. I have a partial ACL tear, but no surgery right now. I have PT for a month, then I go back to see how we're doing.

MemoirsForMe Hope this helps you feel better! 8y
megt Hooray for no surgery right now! 8y
Megabooks Get well soon! Glad you don't have to have surgery! 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Oh no! Please take care and feel better soon! 8y
NovelGirl82 Thank you all so much!! Hoping the PT will take care of all of it!! @UwannaPublishme @megt @Ebooksandcooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 8y
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At the ortho to get the MRI results. Hoping for better news than we got early this morning!!

Alfoster Oh no! Good luck! I need a knee replacement this year so hope to be killing the pain with many books!📚📚📚 8y
NovelGirl82 @Alfoster Partial ACL tear, but no surgery as of right now. I have to do PT & come back in a month, and we'll go from there. Hopefully, PT will be enough, and it will heal on its own enough that he doesn't have to fix it. 8y
Alfoster @NovelGirl82 That's encouraging! PT is good "healing" pain?! 8y
Eyelit 🍀💜 8y
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