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Bibliographic information
| Title | Arab Women Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories |
| Editor | Dalya Cohen-Mor | | Publisher | SUNY Press |
| Publication Date | 2/1/10 |
| Subject | Arab Literature, Fiction, Women's Studies |
| Pages | 1 |
A collection of sixty short stories by women writers from across the Arab world.
Consisting of sixty short stories by forty women writers from across the Arab world, this collection opens numerous windows onto Arab culture and society and offers keen insights into what Arab women feel and think. The stories deal not only with feminist issues but also with topics of a social, cultural, and political nature. Different styles and modes of writing are represented, along with a diversity of techniques and creative approaches, and the authors present many points of view and various ways of solving problems and confronting situations in everyday life. Lively, outspoken, and provocative, these stories are essential reading for anyone interested in the Arab world.
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"Given the social and political constraints that prevail in much of the Arab world, it is hardly surprising that the path to effective self-expression … has not been an easy one … In the face of obstacles … the range and freshness of talent represented in this collection … seem even more remarkable." — Times Literary Supplement
"Cohen-Mor's … anthology of stories written over the past half century is literature deployed as a means to rebel, to assert authority through a voice equal in importance to that of a man, deliberately using the short story as a means easy 'for women to access, and to print in newspapers and magazines.'" — Financial Times
"This book presents a good variety of short stories written by Arab women from various Arab countries. It is the most comprehensive collection in the field." — Joseph T. Zeidan, author of Arab Women Novelists: The Formative Years and Beyond
"The stories in this collection are well chosen, including those by established authors as well as by interesting new figures whose work is not widely available." — Terri DeYoung, author of Placing the Poet: Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Postcolonial Iraq
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