[New post] To Nurse at the Same Breasts: Muslim-Jewish Kinship in Literature and Life by Joyce Zonana

Joyce Zonana posted: "Tobie Nathan's panoramic novel about Jews and Muslims (and Christians) in early twentieth-century Egypt, A Land Like You, revolves around one central image: two infants—one Jewish, one Muslim; one male, one female—peacefully nursing at the breasts of a yo" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on http://feminismandreligion.com To Nurse at the Same Breasts: Muslim-Jewish Kinship in Literature and Life by Joyce Zonana by Joyce Zonana It is tempting to read these recurring images of milk twins in Arab-Jewish literature as no more than a symbol, albeit a powerful one, of the profoundly intimate "brother- (and sister-)hood" of Jews and Muslims in the  pre-partition culture of the Middle East and North Africa. But the image of "milk twins" is much more than a metaphor or a symbol: it represents a reality. For it seems that many Jewish and Muslim women, living side by side as they did, had in fact regularly nursed one another's children. Read more of this post Joyce Zonana | January 30, 2022 at 12:01 am | Tags: A Land Like You, Algerian Jewish, Arab-Jewish Literature, Arab-Jews, Egyptian Jewish, Eli Amir, Elissa Rhaïs, Iraqi Jewish, Jacob's Ladder, Jacqueline Kahanoff, Jessica Jiji, Jordan Salama, Milk twins, Moroccan Jewish, Ruth Knafo Setton, Sol Hachuel, Suleika, Sweet Dates in Basra, The Dove Flyer, The Road to Fez, Tobie Nathan | Categories: Childbirth, Childhood, Embodiment, Female Saints, Feminism and Religion, Islam, Judaism, Motherhood | URL: https://wp.me/p1zXM8-eIX Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from . Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://feminismandreligion.com/2022/01/30/to-nurse-at-the-same-breasts-muslim-jewish-kinship-in-literature-and-life-by-joyce-zonana/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com