Harem years : the memoirs of an Egyptian feminist (1879-1924) / by Huda Shaarawi ; translated, edited, and introduced by Margot Badran.
Shaʻrāwī, Hudá, 1879-1947.; Badran, Margot.
1987
HQ1793.S5 A3 1987 (Mapit)
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Title Harem years : the memoirs of an Egyptian feminist (1879-1924) / by Huda Shaarawi ; translated, edited, and introduced by Margot Badran.
Author Shaʻrāwī, Hudá, 1879-1947.
Uniform Title Mudhakkirātī. English
ISBN 9780935312706 (pbk.)
0935312706 (pbk.)
9780935312713
0935312714
Imprint New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1987, c1986.
Language English
Description ix, 158 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Call Number HQ1793.S5 A3 1987
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.4/2/0924 B
Summary In this rare first-hand account of the private world of a Cairo harem during the years before Egypt declared independence in 1922, 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 and a critical understanding of the price of confinement. Shaarawi's feminist activism grew along with her involvement in Egypt's nationalist struggle and culminated in 1923 in a daring act of defiance, when she publicly removed her veil in a Cairo railroad station.--Publisher description.
Note Translation of: Mudhakkirātī.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Badran, Margot.
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childhood in the harem 1884-92
separate life 1892-1900
wife in the harem 1900-18.

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