Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing

by Margot Badran (Author), Miriam Cooke (Editor), Margot Badran (Author), Miriam Cooke (Editor)

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  1990

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  An anthology of Arab feminist writing, giving an insight into the lives of Arab women, from Morocco to the Arabian peninsula, spanning a century and a quarter. Personal letters, speeches, fiction and poetry challenge Arab patriarchy and are an eloquent refutation of the myth of western feminism. Margot Badran is the author of War's Other Voices-Women Writers on the Lebanese Civil War 1975-82 .