UID:
almahu_9949191839602882
Format:
1 online resource (624 pages).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780191938559 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Zaynab Fawwaz (d. 1914) emerged from an obscure childhood in the Shi'I community of Jabal 'Amil (now Lebanon) to become a recognised writer on women's and girls' aspirations and rights in 1890s Egypt. This book insists on the centrality of gender as a marker of social difference to the Arabic knowledge movement then, or Nahda. Fawwaz published essays and engaged in debates in the Egyptian and Ottoman-Arabic press, published two novels, and the first play known to have been composed in Arabic by a female writer. This book assesses her unusual life history and political engagements, including her work late in life as an informant for the Egyptian khedive.
Note:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780192846198
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
