Bread on Uncle Milad's Table

Mohammed Alnaas

In the closed society of his village, Milad strives to live up to the definition of ideal masculinity, as his society views it. However, after all his best efforts, he fails to be ‘a man’, and after meeting his sweetheart and wife-to-be, Zeinab, decides to forget about this definition and be himself. Living at home, he performs the tasks which his society reserves for women, while Zeinab works and supports the family. Milad is unaware of how he is mocked in the village until his nephew breaks it to him. Bread on the Table of Uncle Milad questions static ideas of gender and champions the individual in the face of destructive ideas adopted by the majority. 

Publisher

Rashm

Nomination

2022 Winner