A collection of pioneering essays challenging the prevailing   stereotypes of Middle Eastern women through the analysis of first-person   writing.    Examining late twentieth-century autobiographical writing by Arab women   novelists, poets, and artists, this anthology explores the ways in which   Arab women have portrayed and created their identities within differing   social environments. Even as the collection dismantles standard notions of   Arab female subservience, the works presented here go well beyond the   confines of those traditional boundaries. The book explores the many routes   Arab women writers have taken to speak to each other, to their readers, and   to the world at large. Drawing from a rich body of literature, the essays   collectively attest to the surprisingly lively and committed roles Arab   women play in varied geographic regions, at home and abroad. These recent   writings assess how the interplay between individual, private, ethnic   identity and the collective, public, global world of politics has impacted   Arab women's rights.

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