{"product_id":"arab-women-writers-9781649034892","title":"Arab Women Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An immense, indispensable resource.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE, \u003c\/i\u003eNamed an Outstanding Academic Title Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As a women's studies librarian, I treasure this guide as a reference tool.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeminist Collections\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn invaluable reference source and critical review of Arab women writers from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, new in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArab women’s writing in the modern age began with ‘A’isha al-Taymuriya, Warda al-Yaziji, Zaynab Fawwaz, and other nineteenth-century pioneers in Egypt and the Levant. This unique study—first published in Arabic in 2004—looks at the work of those pioneers and then traces the development of Arab women’s literature through the end of the twentieth century, and also includes a meticulously researched, comprehensive bibliography of writing by Arab women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first section, in nine essays that cover the Arab Middle East from Morocco to Iraq and Syria to Yemen, critics and writers from the Arab world examine the origin and evolution of women’s writing in each country in the region, addressing fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiographical writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second part of the volume contains bibliographical entries for over 1,200 Arab women writers from the last third of the nineteenth century through 1999. Each entry contains a short biography and a bibliography of each author’s published works. This section also includes Arab women’s writing in French and English, as well as a bibliography of works translated into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its broad scope and extensive research, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Arabic literature, women’s studies, or comparative literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmad Abu Ghazi\u003c\/b\u003e, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRadwa Ashour \u003c\/b\u003e(1946–2014), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMohammed Berrada\u003c\/b\u003e, novelist and critic, Beirut, Lebanon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoda Elsadda\u003c\/b\u003e, Women and Memory Forum, Cairo, Egypt, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFerial J.  Ghazoul\u003c\/b\u003e, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubhi Hadidi\u003c\/b\u003e, critic, researcher, and translator, Paris, France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaidar Ibrahim\u003c\/b\u003e, sociologist and critic, Cairo, Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYumna al-‘Id\u003c\/b\u003e, critic, Beirut, Lebanon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSu‘ad al-Mana\u003c\/b\u003e, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIman al-Qadi\u003c\/b\u003e, critic, UAE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmina Rachid \u003c\/b\u003e(1938–2021), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHasna Reda-Mekdashi\u003c\/b\u003e, publisher, Beirut, Lebanon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHatem M. al-Sager\u003c\/b\u003e, critic, Nashville, Tennessee, USA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Radwa Ashour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43203927900278,"sku":"9781649034892","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_2776c0ac-2506-4cc0-b1ca-cfa271c4ef0c.jpg?v=1774128989","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/arab-women-writers-9781649034892","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}