num_pages: 412
description: Opening the Gates includes more than sixty selections, drawn from almost the entire Arab world. Arranged around the themes of awareness, rejection, and activism, the selections give strong voice universally held yearnings often in conflict with deep-seated traditions.
language: English
title: Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing
titlecomplete: Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing
genres: Gender, Feminist Theory, Race, Anthologies, Islam, Nonfiction, Feminism, Literature, Short Stories, Poetry
ratings_count: 97
publisher: Indiana University Press