Harem years
Subtitle: the memoirs of an Egyptian feminist (1879-1924)
By: by Huda Shaarawi ; translated, edited, and introduced by Margot Badran
Contributors: Badran, Margot, translator; editor
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cairo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9789774244896
Copyright date: 1986
Subjects: Feminists; Biography; Women; Social conditions; Féministes; Biographies; Femmes; Conditions sociales
Other titles: Memoirs of an Egyptian feminist (1879-1924)
Description: In this rare first-hand account of the private world of a Cairo harem during the years before Egypt declared independence in 1922, Shaarawi recalls her childhood and early adult life in the seclusion of an upper-class Egyptian household, including her marriage at age thirteen. Her subsequent separation from her husband gave her time for an extended formal education, as well as an unexpected taste of independence and a critical understanding of the price of confinement. Shaarawi's feminist activism grew along with her involvement in Egypt's nationalist struggle and culminated in 1923 in a daring act of defiance, when she publicly removed her veil in a Cairo railroad station.-- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Arabic manuscript entitled.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: PART ONE: THE FAMILY. Circassian Relatives; title: - My Mother; title: - My Father; title: PART TWO: CHILDHOOD IN THE HAREM 1884-92. Two Mothers; title: - My Brother; title: - The Eunuchs and the Maid; title: - Lessons and Learning; title: - Routines and Events; title: - Feasts; title: - Women Pedlars; title: - Family Friends; title: - Visiting the Palace; title: - Childhood Companions and the Farewell; title: - Betrothal to My Cousin; title: - The Wedding; title: - A New Bride; title: PART THREE: A SEPARATE LIFE 1892-1900. Lessons Again; title: - Companionship; title: - Attempts at Reconciliation; title: - Sojourns in Alexandria; title: - Portrait of the Hard Life of a Woman; title: - A New Mentor and Her Salon for Women; title: PART FOUR: A WIFE IN THE HAREM 1900-18. Reconciliation; title: - A Cure in Paris; title: - Being a Mother; title: - A Turkish Summer; title: - The First "Public" Lectures for Women; title: - The Mabarat Muhammad Ali; title: - The Intellectual Association of Egyptian Women; title: - The Final Illness of Niece Huda; title: - A European Summer on the Eve of War; title: - Two Deaths; title: - The Bridge of Nationalism.