Motherhood

Motherhood at 35: Empowered Decision or Medicalized Path?

There was a time when a woman was considered an “older mother” at 35. Today, that age still marks a symbolic and medical threshold. In gynecology wards, the term “geriatric pregnancy” may have disappeared from official manuals, but it’s still whispered behind closed doors. Yet the data is clear: in many Western countries, the average age ...

Motherhood on Screen: Six Iconic Film Portrayals

Cinema reveals the richness and complexity of a maternal role that is never fully attained, always in question. On-screen as in life, mothers wonder whether they are “good enough” for the beings most precious to them—their children. Like the Lebanese spring that coincides with their celebration, these maternal figures navigate between ...