I'm on episode 7, and it has been revealed that the grandma is Dal Ja's father's mother. There was an incredibly cute mother/daughter bonding session with Dal Ja and her mother (which actually reminded me of my mother and made me cry a little. I'm so lame) and the grandma's spying on them and wishes she'd had a daughter as well as a son.
Mystery revealed!
Also, it's quite common in Middle Eastern culture to name a mother "Mother of [insert eldest son/daughter - if there are no sons - name here]". eg. Umm Abbas.
But men are also quite commonly called "Father of [child's name]". eg. Abu Abbas.
One of my mother's cousins has a daughter who is almost thirty now, and had her first son around 15 years later, so while she was more properly "Umm Ahmed", she was usually called "Umm Fatima"
Meandering back on topic, I really like Dal Ja's relationship with her apparent rival and her mentor, I have been forgetting that in my annoyance at the jealous woman cliche that keeps coming up.
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Thu, Jan. 24th, 2008 12:14 pm (UTC)Mystery revealed!
Also, it's quite common in Middle Eastern culture to name a mother "Mother of [insert eldest son/daughter - if there are no sons - name here]". eg. Umm Abbas.
But men are also quite commonly called "Father of [child's name]". eg. Abu Abbas.
One of my mother's cousins has a daughter who is almost thirty now, and had her first son around 15 years later, so while she was more properly "Umm Ahmed", she was usually called "Umm Fatima"
Meandering back on topic, I really like Dal Ja's relationship with her apparent rival and her mentor, I have been forgetting that in my annoyance at the jealous woman cliche that keeps coming up.