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I killed Scherazade: confessions of an angry Arab woman

Paperback • 2010 • English

I killed Scherazade: confessions of an angry Arab woman

By Joumana Haddad

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

For centuries the heroine of The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade, defined the Arab woman—until Joumana Haddad, an Arab woman herself, had had enough. Haddad angrily challenges prevalent notions of identity and womanhood in the Middle East in this intrepid exploration. While she finds the West’s dominant portrayal of Arab women appalling, she finds the image projected by many Middle Eastern women to be infuriating as well. She discusses her intellectual development and the liberating effect of liter...Show more

Fiction: general and literary
Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
Fiction in translation

Book details

ISBN

9780863564277

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

I killed Scherazade: confessions of an angry Arab woman

Format

Paperback

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