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Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924
المؤلف:
Huda Shaarawi
سنة النشر:
1987
دار النشر:
The Feminist Press at CUNY
عدد الصفحات:
176
اللغة:
الإنكليزية
الأجزاء:
1
ISBN:
978-0935312706 In this firsthand account of the private world of a harem in colonial Cairo, Shaarawi recalls her childhood and early adult life in the seclusion of an upper-class Egyptian household, including her marriage at age thirteen. Her subsequent separation from her husband gave her time for an extended formal education, as well as an unexpected taste of independence. Shaarawi's feminist activism grew, along with her involvement in Egypt's nationalist struggle, culminating in 1923 when she publicly removed her veil in a Cairo railroad station, a daring act of defiance
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