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00-T2696-FM 8/14/03 5:15 PM Page i R E A D I N G A R A B W O M E N ’ S A U T O B I O G R A P H I E S G&S Typesetters PDF proof THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 00-T2696-FM 8/14/03 5:15PM Pageiii Nawar Al-Hassan Golley R E A D I N G A R A B W O M E N ’ S A U T O B I O G R A P H I E S Shahrazad Tells Her Story U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S P R E S S , A U S T I N G&S Typesetters PDF proof 00-T2696-FM 8/14/03 5:15 PM Page iv Copyright © 2003 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2003 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. (cid:1)(cid:2) The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Per- manence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan, 1961– Reading Arab women’s autobiographies : Shahrazad tells her story / Nawar Al-Hassan Golley. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn0-292-70544-1 (cl.: alk. paper) — isbn0-292-70545-x(pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Women—Arab countries—Biography. 2. Au- tobiography—Women authors. 3. Feminists—Arab countries—Biography. 4. Feminists—Egypt—Biog- raphy. i. Title. ct3748 .g65 2003 920.72(cid:1)089(cid:1)927—dc21 2003010933 G&S Typesetters PDF proof 00-T2696-FM 8/14/03 5:15 PM Page v To my idols, Mother and Father, to my darlings, Jinan Petra and Cezanne-Jawad, to my sisters and brothers, to the memory of my grandfather and aunt, to the one I love the most, I dedicate this book, with love G&S Typesetters PDF proof THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 00-T2696-FM 8/14/03 5:15PM Pagevii C O N T E N T S ix:Acknowledgments xi:Introduction PART ONE 1: POLITICAL THEORY: Colonial Discourse, Feminist Theory, and Arab Feminism CHAPTER ONE 3: Why Colonial Discourse? CHAPTER TWO 15: Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World CHAPTER THREE 35: Huda Shaarawi’s Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist PART TWO 53: NARRATIVE THEORY: Autobiography CHAPTER FOUR 55: Autobiography and Sexual Difference CHAPTER FIVE 75: Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey PART THREE 85: ANALYSIS OF TEXTS CHAPTER SIX 87: Anthologies G&S Typesetters PDF proof 00-T2696-FM 8/14/03 5:15PM Pageviii CHAPTER SEVEN 114: Fadwa Tuqan’s Mountainous Journey, Difficult Journey CHAPTER EIGHT 131: Nawal el-Saadawi CONCLUSION 181: The Literary and the Political 185:Appendix Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women’s Prisonby Nawal el-Saadawi 189:Notes 211:Bibliography 225:Index G&S Typesetters PDF proof 00-T2696-FM 8/14/03 5:15 PM Page ix A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S This book would have been impossible without the constant support of my family. I am especially grateful to them for looking after my children while I was working on the last stages of it. My friend Dr. Pauline Homsi Vinson has been very generous with her time in commenting and making valuable suggestions. I owe her a debt of grati- tude. Thanks are also due to my professors, Dr. Elizabeth Boa and Dave Murray of the University of Nottingham, who supervised my Ph.D. dissertation, the original man- uscript of this book. I thank the great poet Adonis for inspiring me and Dr. Nawal el-Saadawi for her generosity in responding to my questions. Special thanks to my friend Dr. Ahmad al-Issa, at the American University of Sharjah, for believing in me. I am grateful to Frances Fawkes for her suggestions and for proofreading the manu- script. I must also thank my friend Dr. Kate McKafferty for her encouragement. The librarians at both the University of Nottingham and the American University of Shar- jah were very helpful. My thanks to them all. Last but not least, I thank the University of Texas Press, in particular Jim Burr, the humanities editor, for publishing this book. ix G&S Typesetters PDF proof

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Authors of autobiographies are always engaged in creating a "self" to present to their readers. This process of self-creation raises a number of intriguing questions: Why and how does anyone choose to present herself or himself in an autobiography? Do women and men represent themselves in different
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