- Countries:
- Saudi Arabia
- Topics:
- Gender, Indigenous
- Languages:
- Arabic
“What's your mother's name?” Thamer Al Marzooqi [Ar], from Saudi Arabia, challenges his readers - in a culture where women's names are considered to remain in the private domain.
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