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This episode features a short story written by Sheikha Helawy, a Bedouin woman living in Jaffa. The story,\\xa0published on the Short Story Project, was originally written in Arabic and was translated by Basma Ghalayini.

Helawy was born in the unmarked Bedouin village of El-Roi, on the outskirts of the city of Haifa. Helawy currently works as a supervisor and advisor at the Institute for Democratic Education in Israel. Her Arabic-language publications, published in Amman, Jordan, include two books of short stories, as well as a book of poetry. Her work has also been translated into French, German, and Hebrew.

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Sheikah Helawy, \\u201cR.A. Looks for His Eyes,\\u201d translated from Arabic by Basma Ghalayini.