Arab American women, Arab American women--Biography, Arab Americans, Arab Americans--Biography, Women's rights, Women's rights--Arab countries, Women and war, Women and war--Arab countries, E184.A65 K36 1999, 956.92/504/082
An Arab Muslim woman born in Beirut in 1918 weaves together reflections on her personal struggle for independence with an account of her extended... Show moreAn Arab Muslim woman born in Beirut in 1918 weaves together reflections on her personal struggle for independence with an account of her extended family's dislocation in the violent political upheavals of the Middle East. As Lisa Majaj points out in her insightful introduction, this is no simplistic account of an Islamic woman rescued by the West. Nadia's family is both oppressive and supportive. Forced into an arranged marriage as a young teenager, she feels little for her husband but loves her in-laws more than her own selfish parents. Later, she is torn between passionate love for another man and loyalty to her children, and she struggles for education and a career. Most moving is the account of how her privileged family is suddenly uprooted by the Jewish takeover of their home in Haifa. Fay Afaf Kanafani ; introduction by Lisa Suhair Majaj. "An East gate book." Includes index. Main Heritage Compact General E184.A65 K36 1999 Reference Item-ID: i16875941 BIB-ID: 1511034 Show less
Women--Social conditions, Women--Algeria--Social conditions--Fiction, Muslim women, Muslim women--Fiction, PQ3989.2.D57 V3713 1999, 843
A novel on the plight of women in the Muslim world. The heroine is a musicologist in Algeria whose husband attempts to blind her for having an... Show moreA novel on the plight of women in the Muslim world. The heroine is a musicologist in Algeria whose husband attempts to blind her for having an affair with a student. The author, who lives in exile, is an Algerian writing under a pseudonym and plays the contradictions of her heroine's existence against the bloody carnage of Carthage, a great civilization to which the Berbers were once compared. The Silence of Writing -- What is Erased in the Heart -- The Siesta -- The Face -- Space, Darkness -- The Dance -- The Absence -- Before, After -- The Goodbye -- Erased in Stone -- The Slave in Tunis -- The Renegade Count -- The Archeologist Lord -- Destruction -- The Secret -- The Stele and the Flames -- The Deported Writer -- Abalessa -- A Silent Desire -- "Fugitive Without Knowing it" -- Arable Woman I -- Of the Mother as Traveler -- Arable Woman II -- Of the Grandmother as a Young Bride -- Arable Woman III -- Of the Mother as Little Girl -- Arable Woman IV -- Of the Narrator in the French Night -- Arable Woman v -- Of the Narrator as an Adolescent -- Arable Woman VI -- Of Desire and its Desert -- Arable Woman VII -- Shadows of Separation -- The Blood of Writing -- Yasmina -- The Blood of Writing--Final. Assia Djebar ; translated by Betsy Wing. Main Heritage Compact General PQ3989.2.D57 V3713 1999 Reference Item-ID: i16875862 BIB-ID: 1578884 Translated from the French. Show less
Women--Social conditions, Women--Qatar--Social conditions, المرأة في الحياة العامة, المرأة في الحياة العامة--قطر, حياة وعادات اجتماعية, HQ1732 .G36 1999
د. كلثم علي غانم الغانم. مستخرج: مجلة دراسات الخليج والجزيرة العربية. العدد 95 Main Heritage Reading Room HQ1732 .G36 1999 Reference Item-ID: i24529758 B... Show moreد. كلثم علي غانم الغانم. مستخرج: مجلة دراسات الخليج والجزيرة العربية. العدد 95 Main Heritage Reading Room HQ1732 .G36 1999 Reference Item-ID: i24529758 BIB-ID: 2623631 Show less