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Author Shaʻrāwī, Hudá, 1879-1947.

Title Harem years : the memoirs of an Egyptian feminist (1879-1924) / by Huda Shaarawi ; translated, edited, and introduced by Margot Badran.

Publication Info. New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1987.
©1986

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 158 pages :) : illustrations, portraits
Note Translation of: Mudhakkirātī.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-147).
Note Print version record.
Contents Table of Contents; List of Photographs ; Preface; Chronology ; Introduction ; PART ONE: THE FAMILY ; Circassian Relatives; My Mother ; My Father; PART TWO: CHILDHOOD IN THE HAREM 1884-92; Two Mothers ; My Brother ; THe Eunuchs and the Maid; Lessons and Learning ; Routines and Events ; Feasts ; Women Pedlars; Family Friends ; Visiting the Palace ; Childhood Companions and the Farewell; Betrothal to My Cousin ; The Wedding ; A New Bride ; PART THREE: A SEPARATE LIFE 1892-1900; Lessons Again ; Companionship ; Attempts at Reconciliation ; Sojourns in Alexandria.
Portrait of the Hard Life of a Woman A New Mentor and Her Salon for Women ; PART FOUR: A WIFE IN THE HAREM 1900-18; Reconciliation ; A Cure in Paris ; Being a Mother ; A Turkish Summer ; The First ""Public"" Lectures for Women ; The Mabarat Muhammad Ali; The Intelletual Association of Egyptian Women ; The Final Illness of Niece Huda ; A European Summer on the Eve of War ; Two Deaths ; The Bridge of Nationalism ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Appendix ; Glossary ; Index.
Summary Married at 13 against her wishes, Shaarawi grew up to be an early leader of Egypt's feminist movement.
Subject Shaʻrāwī, Hudá, 1879-1947.
Shaʻrāwī, Hudá, 1879-1947. (OCoLC)fst00098754
Women -- Egypt -- Social conditions.
Feminists -- Egypt -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
Feminists. (OCoLC)fst00922831
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
Feminists -- Egypt -- Personal narratives.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Added Author Badran, Margot.
Added Title Mudhakkirātī. English
Other Form: Print version: Shaʻrāwī, Hudá, 1879-1947. Mudhakkirātī. English. Harem years. New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1987, ©1986 (DLC) 86033630
ISBN 9781558619111 (electronic book)
Music No. EB00645803 Recorded Books
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