Zanouba

A novel that describes harem culture, especially the politics of procreation in the Middle East.

About the author

Out el Kouloub (1899-1968), an Egyptian author, fled Cairo in the early 1960s after Nasser came to power. She was the author of five books, including Ramza.

Nayra Atiya is the author of Khul-Khaal, which won the 1990 UNICEF prize for the best book on women, children, and development. She is translator of Ramza, also published by Syracuse University Press.

Summary

Set in late 19th and 20th-century Egypt, this novel offers a window on the everyday lives of cloistered women and the way they interact with each other and with male relatives, spouses and other men.

Product details

• Authors: Nayra Atiya, Out El Kouloub, Out El Kouloub, Out, Out El Kouloub
• Assisted by: Nayra Atiya (Translation)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1996
• EAN: 9780815604082
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0408-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Translation
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature