Title: Women in the city of the dead /
Authors: Watson, Helen.
Publisher: Hurst & Co.,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Tales Egypt Cairo.; Women Egypt Cairo Social conditions.; Migration, Internal Egypt Cairo.; Cairo (Egypt) Social conditions.
Contents: The City of the Dead -- The women and the tales -- Life histories and tales -- Amira : a childless woman -- Oum Idris : a determined woman -- Oum Mohammed : a triumphant woman -- Laila : a rebellious woman -- Oum Ali : a pessimistic woman -- Oum Karim : a hopeful woman -- Oum Sherif : a hopeless woman -- Oum Mustafa : a manless woman -- A final tale : The Honey Bee.