![]() ![]() Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, The Bamboo Stalk is a “ celebrated novel in the Arabic-speaking world.” In 2016, it was adapted into TV series but was banned in Kuwait due to its provocative theme. Caught between two worlds, Jose grapples with his identity. A few years later, however, he is summoned to Kuwait. Rashid has to send Josephine and the child, now 2 months old, back to the Philippines. At the time, Josephine already bears their child, which angers Rashid’s mother. But while Josephine is from a poor family, Rashid is from an affluent clan and his family is not in favor of the couple’s marriage. There he meets Rashid, and they secretly get married. Josephine flies for Kuwait to work as a maid. It was first published in Arabic in 2013 and translated into English in 2015. ABNKKBSNPLAko is a 2001 autobiography by Filipino author Bob Ong his first and most popular work. The Bamboo Stalk, which is a bestseller in Kuwait, touches on this global issue. ![]() Many poor Filipina women go to the Middle East, among other places, to work as domestic workers, often finding themselves in abusive workplaces. ![]()
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