Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century: Mayy Ziyadah's Intellectual Circles

Through a detailed study of Mayy Ziy?dah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening). Bringing together history, women's studies, Arabic literature, post-colonial literature, and media studies, she highlights the important and previously little-discussed contribution of Arabic women to the project of modernity.

Author: B. Khaldi
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/05/2012
Pages: 237
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230340862

About the Author
Boutheina Khaldi is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Translation Studies at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.