Mariyah

Another one is Mariyah, who blogs from Syria, and whose blog I got to know via a translation of a post for GVO.

Global Voices in English » Blogger of the Week: Gabriela García-Calderón 2009

Because of this act of kindness, Mariyah conveniently decides to cut the wire on the bomb wrapped around her midriff.

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008

Instead of a moment remembered from her past or a meaningful interaction at the market, the impetus for Mariyah to dismantle her bomb is a completely random event.

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008

The problem is that this random event is Mariyah dropping a pair of scissors (!) in the bathroom and an unknown woman passing them back to her beneath the wall.

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008

So Adi came, and the Princess looked out upon him; and, when she saw him, she was like to topple down from the palace top and said, “O Mariyah, except thou bring him in to me this night, I shall die.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Hind asked, “And who is he?” and Mariyah answered, “Adi bin Zayd.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Mariyah accosted him and he received her kindly, though before he would not incline to her, and said to her, “What is thy will?”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Quoth Mariyah, “I will appoint him to be in such a place, where thou canst look on him from the palace.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

When the Princess saw him, she was ravished with him, her reason was confounded and her colour changed; and Mariyah, seeing her inclination to him, said to her, “Speak him.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Mariyah from the house of Harisat bin al-Numan, in which he had placed her, to the Awali of Al-Madinah, where the Mosque now is.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003