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Shaymaa: The fraught relationship between daughter and immigrant mother

Complicated mother-daughter relationships are often heightened between immigrant mothers and their daughters, where cultural conflicts add fire to existing generational and familial disconnections. After watching the short film Shaymaa – an exploration of the complications of immigrant parenthood – Italian-Egyptian writer Aya Mohamed meditates on her own tenuous but joyful relationship with her mother.

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