MARC Record from Western Washington University

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003 OCoLC
005 20040907135356.0
008 030619s2004 maua b 000 0 eng
010 $a2003014171
020 $a1566564638 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aPJ7538$b.M554 2004
100 1 $aMikhail, Mona.
245 10 $aSeen and heard :$ba century of Arab women in literature and culture /$cby Mona N. Mikhail.
250 $aFirst American ed.
260 $aNorthampton, Mass. :$bOlive Branch Press,$c2004.
300 $axii, 169 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 5 $a1. Growing up in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century -- 2. The mother of the bride frantically prepares: Egyptian wedding customs -- 3. I want a solution: films and social change -- 4. I light ten candles: women and vow-making -- 5. "A new vision of the veil," by Iqbal Baraka -- 6. "Women in the discourse of crisis," by Nasr Hamid Abu-Zeid -- 7. Nabawiyya Musa and al-Tahir al-Haddad in a virtual debate with Anwar al-Guindi -- 8. Al-Sitt Hoda: a comedy in defense of women -- 9. Modern-day Shahrazads -- 10. Ambiguity and relevance in the works of Khannatha Bannuna -- 11. Images of women in North African literature: myth or reality? -- 12. Masculine ideology or feminine mystique: a study of writings on Arab women -- 13. Women, love, and sex in Yusuf Idris's city: an existential dilemma -- 14. A compromise of the road to happiness: love in Naguib Mahfouz's repetoire.
650 0 $aArabic literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWomen in literature.
650 0 $aWomen, Arab.
907 $a.b20414900$bmulti$c-
902 $a070927
998 $b1$c040924$dm$ea$f-$g0
902 $asc