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Huda Sha'arawi (1879–1947) became one of the most famous feminists in the Arab world. In 1914, she formed al-Ittihād al-Nisā'i al-Tahdhĩbĩ (Women's Refinement Union), where Egyptian and European came together to discuss new ideas.
This means that Arab women suffer both from the state and within their families. An important contributing factor to the violence exercised on women in the Arab world is the idea of ta’ah (obedience). It is a religio-cultural idea which suggests that women and men are equal before God, however, their responsibilities are not the same.
The speeches are made by named and famous women with important positions in early Umayyad society, and it is not clear why they cannot represent themselves. [4]: 99 Myrne has made extensive use of the anthology in studying early medieval Arab women's discourses. [4]
We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers, ed. by Selma Dabbagh (London: Saqi Books, 2021), ISBN 9780863563973; Ibn al-Sāʿī, Consorts of the Caliphs: Women and the Court of Baghdad, ed. and trans. by Shawkat M. Toorawa, Library of Arabic Literature (New York: New York University Press, 2017), ISBN 9781479866793, Arabic text
Woman Is the Origin (Cairo, 1971) Men and Sex (Cairo, 1973) The Naked Face of Arab Women (Cairo, 1974) Women and Neurosis (Cairo, 1975) Al-Wajh al-'ari lil-mar'a al-'arabiyy (1977). The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, trans. Sherif Hetata (Zed Press, 1980) On Women (Cairo, 1986) A New Battle in Arab Women Liberation (Cairo, 1992)
The existence of a woman named "Khawla bint al Azwar" has been contested by many due to the lack of evidence in reliable books of history and biographies within Islamic tradition. One of the main sources of her story comes from "Futooh Ash Shaam", which is a book whose attribution to its author is highly debated. [ 3 ]
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist.She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist due to her knowledge and contacts built up through extensive travels.
[12] and the fifth woman to join the academy. [13] Djebar was a Silver Chair professor of Francophone literature at New York University. [8] Djebar was known as a voice of reform for Islam across the Arab world, especially in the field of advocating for increased rights for women. [5] Djebar died in February 2015, aged 78 in Paris, France. [7] [14]