Iran
The Golden Chariot
Fathers of MENA Lit
Exile
Camels
100

Before the 1930s, Iran was known by this name. 

What is Persia? 

100

Where specifically does this novel take place? 

What is an Egyptian Women's Prison?

100

The three "fathers" of 20th century MENA literature come from this nation. 

What is Egypt?

100

This is a person who has lost the protection of his or her country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. 

What is a refugee? 

100

This term refers to camels with bi-colored coats? 

What is a piebald? 

200

This is the official language of Iran. 

What is Persian? 

200

This character has imagined that a Golden Chariot will take all the deserving women to heaven. 

Who is Aziza? 

200

This was the main form of literature in the region until the twentieth century. 

What is poetry?

200

This story by Liana Badr features a Palestinian woman who experiences exile in Beirut, then later, a country in North Africa. 

What is "Colors"? 

200

What extremely contagious skin disease afflicted the camel in Gold Dust? 

What is mange?

300

This title referred to the leader of Iran from 1925-1979.

What is the Shah of Iran? 

300

Jamalat, arrested for theft, has contemplated what new career, because she is tired of all this "strain and stress." 

What is prostitution? 

300

This father of MENA literature was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 

Who is Naguib Mahfouz? 

300

This writer's stories feature women in exile in the collection of stories, Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. 

Who is Assia D'jebar?

300

A breed of camel originating in the Arabian peninsula.

What is a Mahri?

400

This controversial piece of women's clothing was forbidden in 1936, required after 1979, and the source of violent protests in 2022 and 2023. 

What is the headscarf/hijab/veil?

400

The decade in which The Golden Chariot was written. 

What is the 1990s? 

400

This author believed his anti-Israel stance cost him the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was given to another "Father" of MENA lit. 

Who was Yusuf Idris? 

400

By definition, refugees, migrants, and internally-displaced persons all fall within this category. 

What is forced migration? 

400

Camels express their sadness in this very human way. 

What is crying/tears? 

500

This honorific title is used for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq and came into widespread usage in the 20th century.

What is Ayatollah?

500

This offense previously carried the death penalty, but Umm El- Khayr's sentence was commuted. 

What is drug trafficking? 

500

This author wrote the humorous "How I became a Demon of the Djinn."

Who is Ibrahim al-Mazini? 

500

This writer was in exile in Beirut when he was assassinated. 

Who is Ghassan Kanafani? 

500

In addition to water, the retention of this helps camels survive in the desert. 

What is fat? 

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