Classes of Ladies of Cloistered Spaces - Writing Feminist History Through Biography in Fin-De-Siecle Egypt

Klappentext Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) was a forceful voice in support of women's rights to education and work choices in colonial-era Egypt. This book explores the writing and influence of her landmark piece al-Durr al-manthur fi tabaqat rabbat al-khudur - the first Arabic-language global biographical dictionary of women. Zusammenfassung Zaynab Fawwaz was as a forceful voice in support of women's rights to education and work choices in colonial era Egypt. This book explores the writing and influence of the first Arabic language global biographical dictionary of women. It features descriptions of biographies of women from the US! Britain! Europe! India! and Middle East.

Product details

• Authors: Booth, Marilyn Booth
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2015
• EAN: 9780748694860
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-9486-0
• No. of pages: 472
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous