Dalya Cohen Mor is a literary scholar of Middle Eastern background educated in the Netherlands and the United States She earned her PhD in Arabic language and literature from Georgetown University An award winning author she has published several books on Arab culture and society among them A Matter of Fate The Concept of Fate in the Arab World as Reflectedin Modern Arabic Literature 2001 Arab Women Writers An Anthology of Short Stories 2005 Mothers and Daughters in Arab Women s Literature The Family Frontier 2011 and Fathers and Sons in the Arab Middle East 2013. Drawing on insights from psychology sociology anthropology religion history and literature this book examines early and contemporary writings of male authors from across the Arab world to explore the traditional and evolving nature of father son relationships in Arab families Fathers and Sons in the Arab Middle East