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Title:Women Writing Africa : Volume 4: The Northern Region
Series:(Women Writing Africa Series)
Author:Amira Nowaira, Azza El Kholy, Fatima Sadiqi & Moha Ennaji
ISBN:155861589X : 9781558615892
Format:Paperback
Pages:696
Published:Feminist Press - February 2009
List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:Not yet published
Subjects:Womens studies: LITERATURE: HISTORY & CRITICISM: AFRICA


The fourth volume, focused on Northern Africa, includes over 100 texts from Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, and Tuni-sia. This pioneering volume includes works from 3000 BCE to the present; from an Egyptian Queen's marriage proposal to contemporary women promoting new marriage and family laws. In addition to Ber-ber poetry and oral history, much prose in the volume is original, and many names will resonate with modern readers, including Leila Abou Zeid, Amina Arfaoui, Salwa Bakr, Assia Djebar, Nawal El Saadawi, and Fatima Mernissi. Important themes include polygamy, FGM, the veil, education, and political participation.