Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz - Feminist Thinking in Fin-De-Siecle Egypt

A study of the career and writings of Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) an early feminist thinker and writer in Egypt. It focuses on her newspaper essays, novels, poetry, and her play which was the first to be published by a female author in Arabic.

About the author

Marilyn Booth earned her doctorate in Middle East History and Modern Arabic Literature from St Antony's College, University of Oxford. She has taught at American University in Cairo, the University of Illinois, Brown University, University of Edinburgh as Iraq Chair in Arabic and Islamic Studies, and currently, Magdalen College and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford as Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Chair. She has published books and essays on
intersections of gender history, Arabic literature, and women's writing in nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Egypt, and is a prize-winning literary translator and co-winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize.

Summary

A study of the career and writings of Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) an early feminist thinker and writer in Egypt. It focuses on her newspaper essays, novels, poetry, and her play which was the first to be published by a female author in Arabic.

Product details

• Authors: Marilyn Booth, Marilyn (Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Saud Profes Booth, Marilyn (Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Professor for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World Booth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780192846198
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284619-8
• No. of pages: 624
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies