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Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction xvi This Anthology xvi Arab Women Writers: A Brief Sketch xviii Thematic Aspects xxiv Modes of Writing xxxix Arab Women: Old Images, New Profiles xlvii Part I Growing up Female 1 Samiya At'ut (Palestine) That Summer Holiday 2 Umayma al-Khamis (Saudi Arabia) The Lost Note 5 Nura Amin (Egypt) Let's Play Doctor 13 Radwa Ashour (Egypt) In the Moonlight 17 Buthayna al-Nasiri (Iraq) At the Beach 20 Mona Ragab (Egypt) A Helping Hand 25 Fawziya Rashid (Bahrain) In the Recesses of Memory 26 Sharifa al-Shamlan (Saudi Arabia) Fragments from a Life 30 Najiya Thamir (Syria) The Slave 33 Part II Love and Sexuality 39 Nawal al-Saadawi (Egypt) The Picture 40 Latifa al-Zayyat (Egypt) The Picture 47 Layla al-Uthman (Kuwait) The Picture 57 Nafila Dhahab (Tunisia) The Smile 64 Nura Amin (Egypt) My Mother's Friend 67 Hayah Bin al-Shaykh (Tunisia) A Worthless Woman 69 Part III Male-Female Relations 74 Colette Suhayl al-Khuri (Syria) Where To? 75 Layla Ba'labakki (Lebanon) The Cat 80 Fadila al-Faruq (Algeria) The Woman of My Dreams 87 Samiya At'ut (Palestine) Mozart's Fez 90 Samira Azzam (Palestine) A Virgin Continent 91 Nadiya Khust (Syria) Two Old People 98 Part IV Marriage 104 Ihsan Kamal (Egypt) A Mistake in the Knitting 105 Alifa Rifaat (Egypt) My Wedding Night 116 Sahar al-Muji (Egypt) The Dummy 125 Daisy al-Amir (Iraq) The Cat, the Maid, and the Wife 127 Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon) Sun, I Am the Moon 133 Zuhur Wanisi (Algeria) The Dreadful Sea 144 Mayy Ziyada (Palestine) The Lady with the Story 152 Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon) The Persian Rug 161 Aliya Mamdouh (Iraq) The Dream 167 Sakina Fuad (Egypt) Pharaoh Is Drowning Again 172 Part V Childbearing 181 Ihsan Kamal (Egypt) The Spider's Web 182 Rafiqat al-Tabi'a (Morocco) A Man and a Woman 190 Sufi Abdallah (Egypt) Half a Woman 194 Ramziya Abbas al-Iryani (Yemen) Heir Apparent 201 Daisy al-Amir (Iraq) The Newcomer 205 Part VI Self-Fulfillment 209 Salwa Bakr (Egypt) International Women's Day 210 Layla Ba'labakki (Lebanon) The Filly Became a Mouse 217 Umayma al-Khamis (Saudi Arabia) Restoration 225 Umayma al-Khamis (Saudi Arabia) Waiting for Hayla 226 Sahar al-Muji (Egypt) The Closely Guarded Secret 229 Mona Ragab (Egypt) I Will Never Forfeit My Right 230 Fadila al-Faruq (Algeria) Homecoming 234 Zabya Khamis (United Arab Emirates) Fearful Memories 238 Part VII Customs and Values 243 Samira Azzam (Palestine) Tears for Sale 244 Ramziya Abbas al-Iryani (Yemen) An Affair of Honor 250 Fawziya Rashid (Bahrain) Questioning 256 Emily Nasrallah (Lebanon) The Dinosaur 260 Hadya Sa'id (Lebanon) Moonstruck 268 Khayriya al-Saqqaf (Saudi Arabia) A Moment of Truth 273 Daisy al-Amir (Iraq) The Future 276 Suhayr al-Tall (Jordan) The Gallows 283 Part VIII The Winds of Change 287 Ulfat al-Idilbi (Syria) The Breeze of Youth 288 Suhayr al-Qalamawi (Egypt) A Successful Woman 297 Radwa Ashour (Egypt) He Wants to Make Sure 304 Nafila Dhahab (Tunisia) Short and Sassy 311 Samiya At'ut (Palestine) The Collapse of Barriers 313 Salwa Bakr (Egypt) The Beginning 316 Nuzha Bin Sulayman (Morocco) A Moment of Contemplation 323 Mona Ragab (Egypt) I Will Try Tomorrow 326 Notes 329 About the Authors 335
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Short stories, Arabic -- Translations into English.
Arabic fiction -- Women authors -- Translations into English.