| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction to the Second Edition |
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| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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Growing Up to Be a Woman Writer in Lebanon (1986) |
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3 | (18) |
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Epistolary Poem to Warda al-Turk (1867) |
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21 | (2) |
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Who are you, Claire Gebeyli? (1968) |
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23 | (3) |
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Difficult Journey--Mountainous Journey (1984) |
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26 | (15) |
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Farewell, Betrothal and Wedding (c. 1945) |
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41 | (8) |
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49 | (5) |
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54 | (3) |
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Seventy Years Later (1970) |
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57 | (6) |
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Lecture on Clitoridectomy to the Midwives of Touil, Mauritania (1987) |
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63 | (9) |
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Who Will Be the Man? (1981) Honour (1981) |
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72 | (12) |
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I Saw Her and That's Enough (1981) In a Contemporary House (1981) |
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84 | (8) |
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92 | (10) |
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102 | (2) |
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Women, Nationalism and Religion in the Algerian Liberation Struggle (1987) |
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104 | (11) |
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The Eyes in the Mirror (1981) |
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115 | (4) |
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119 | (6) |
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The Results of Circumstances in Words and Deeds (1887/8) Family Reform (1894/5) |
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125 | (9) |
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Bad Deeds of Men: Injustice (1909) |
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134 | (3) |
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Our Constitution---We the Liberated Women (1961) |
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137 | (7) |
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144 | (11) |
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A Girl Called Apple (1981) |
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155 | (5) |
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The House of Obedience (1962) |
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160 | (8) |
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168 | (6) |
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174 | (6) |
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180 | (6) |
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186 | (5) |
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191 | (12) |
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203 | (12) |
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The Dawn of the Arabic Women's Press (1892) |
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215 | (5) |
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Fair And Equal Treatment (1891) |
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220 | (7) |
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A Lecture in the Club of the Umma Party (1909) |
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227 | (12) |
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239 | (5) |
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The Elopement and the Impossible Joy (1958) |
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244 | (13) |
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The Effect of Books and Novels on Morals (1920) The Difference between Men and Women (1920) |
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257 | (13) |
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Unveiling and Veiling (1928) The Young Woman and the Shaikhs (1928) |
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270 | (9) |
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279 | (3) |
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The Voice of Happiness (1964) |
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282 | (14) |
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The Gate of Heaven is Open (1987) |
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296 | (8) |
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Two Faces, One Woman (1980) |
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304 | (10) |
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From Tumbling on the Snow (1982) |
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314 | (3) |
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Who's Cleverer: Man or Woman? |
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317 | (11) |
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328 | (4) |
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332 | (5) |
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337 | (4) |
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Arab Women's Intellectual Heritage (1944) |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (9) |
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Islam and the Constitutional Rights of Woman (1952) |
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352 | (5) |
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Feast of Unveiling (1973) Why, Reverend Shaikh? (1976) |
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357 | (9) |
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Challenges Facing the Arab Woman at the End of the 20th Century (1987) |
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366 | (6) |
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Legal Rights of the Egyptian Woman (1988) |
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372 | (3) |
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375 | (11) |
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Introduction to Nawal al-Saadawi's Ferdaous (1983) |
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386 | (11) |
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Women's Rights Are Human Rights Are Islamic Rights (2003) |
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397 | (8) |
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Egyptian Women Finally Get Their Due (2003) |
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405 | (6) |
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Testimonial of a Creative Woman (1996) |
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411 | (5) |
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Road (1999) Belongings (1999) Confession (1999) Spillage (1999) Setting Sail (1999) |
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416 | (3) |
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How to Become a Man (1998) The First Letters (1998) |
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419 | (3) |
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Documenting (1997) Still (1997) |
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422 | (2) |
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From National Resistance to Feminist Activism (1991-92) |
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424 | (5) |
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Another Role for the Abaya (1994) |
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429 | (7) |
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Sacred Narratives Linking Iraqi Shiite Women (2004) |
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436 | (10) |
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Tayba Hassan Al Khalifa Sharif |
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446 | (5) |
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| Glossary |
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451 | (4) |
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