Future Cultural Forum celebrates "Playing on the Fingers" by Maram Abu Al-Nadi
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The Future Cultural Forum celebrated the release of the new short story collection "Playing on the Fingers" by Dr. Maram Abu Al-Nadi, the forum's president, during an evening held at the Circular Theater in the Royal Cultural Center on Saturday evening. Critical readings presented by Dr. Rashid Issa, poet Mohammed Khudair, and writer Majdolin Abu Al-Rub examined several features of the collection, and how its stories engage with the human being, the details of their life, and the pain and need for love and care they experience.
Rashid Issa pointed to the diversity of language levels in the collection, ranging from standard and descriptive to rhetorical and metaphorical, pausing at several human tragedies touched upon by the stories, including issues related to people with disabilities.
Majdolin Abu Al-Rub focused on Abu Al-Nadi's ability to control the rhythm of the narrative and slow down time, giving details more space for reflection, citing several stories including "A Plate of Fatigue."
Mohammed Khudair discussed the aesthetics of the narrative experience in the collection, noting the writer's ability to transform material objects and daily details into keys that reveal the secrets of the human psyche hidden behind them, giving the writing a dimension that transcends the surface of things.
In her speech during the evening, Abu Al-Nadi said that her choice of the short story genre was an extension of a passion that has accompanied her since childhood, noting that the story allows her to condense the scope, reduce suspense, simplify the complex, and avoid directness. She believes that the short story writer plays a role connected to the human being and their right to expression, explaining that she lived with every story in "Playing on the Fingers" as a seed that insists on life and stands against the darkness.
She added that the collection's stories meet with humans in their need for existence, love, and care in an attempt to approach the human experience through its small details and the feelings and questions they hide.
The evening witnessed the participation of several cultural forums, institutions, and bodies that presented honorary shields to Abu Al-Nadi in appreciation of her efforts in the cultural and literary scene.
At the conclusion of the event, the participants were honored, and Abu Al-Nadi signed copies of her collection "Playing on the Fingers" for the attendees.
