Arab Women Writers

Dalya Cohen-Mor is an independent scholar educated in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. She is the author of A Matter of Fate: The Concept of Fate in the Arab World as Reflected in Modern Arabic Literature and Yusuf Idris: Changing Visions, as well as the editor and translator of An Arabian Mosaic: Short Stories by Arab Women Writers.

Acknowledgments Introduction Arab Women Writers: A Brief Sketch Thematic Aspects Modes of Writing Arab Women: Old Images, New Profiles Part One: Growing Up Female Samiya At'ut (Palestine) That Summer Holiday Umayma al-Khamis (Saudi Arabia) The Parting Gift Nura Amin (Egypt) Let's Play Doctor Radwa Ashour (Egypt) In the Moonlight Buthayna al-Nasiri (Iraq) At the Beach Mona Ragab (Egypt) A Helping Hand Fawziya Rashid (Bahrain) In the Recesses of Memory Sharifa al-Shamlan (Saudi Arabia) Fragments from a Life Najiya Thamir (Syria) The Slave Part Two: Love and Sexuality Nawal al-Saadawi (Egypt) The Picture Latifa al-Zayyat (Egypt) The Picture Layla al-Uthman (Kuwait) The Picture Nafila Dhahab (Tunisia) The Smile Nura Amin (Egypt) My Mother's Friend Hayat Bin al-Shaykh (Tunisia) A Worthless Woman Part Three: Male-Female Relations Colette Suhayl al-Khuri (Syria) Where To? Layla Ba'labakki (Lebanon) The Cat Fadila al-Faruq (Algeria) The Woman of My Dreams Samiya At'ut (Palestine) Mozart's Fez Samira Azzam (Palestine) A Virgin Continent Nadiya Khust (Syria) An Old Couple Part Four: Marriage Ihsan Kamal (Egypt) A Mistake in the Knitting Alifa Rifaat (Egypt) My Wedding Night Sahar al-Muji (Egypt) The Dummy Daisy al-Amir (Iraq) The Cat, the Maid, and the Wife Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon) Sun, I Am the Moon Zuhur Wanisi (Algeria) The Dreadful Sea Mayy Ziyada (Palestine) The Lady with the Story Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon) The Persian Rug Aliya Mamdouh (Iraq) The Dream Sakina Fuad (Egypt) Pharaoh Is Drowning Again Part Five: Childbearing Ihsan Kamal (Egypt) The Spider's Web Rafiqat al-Tabi'a (Morocco) Man and Woman Sufi Abdallah (Egypt) Half a Woman Ramziya Abbas al-Iryani (Yemen) Heir Apparent Daisy al-Amir (Iraq) The Newcomer Part Six: Self-Fulfillment Salwa Bakr (Egypt) International Women's Day Layla Ba'labakki (Lebanon) The Filly Became a Mouse Umayma al-Khamis (Saudi Arabia) Restoration Umayma al-Khamis (Saudi Arabia) Waiting for Hayla Sahar al-Muji (Egypt) The Closely Guarded Secret Mona Ragab (Egypt) I Will Never Forfeit My Right Fadila al-Faruq (Algeria) Homecoming Zabya Khamis (United Arab Emirates) Bittersweet Memories Part Seven: Customs and Values Samira Azzam (Palestine) Tears for Sale Ramziya Abbas al-Iryani (Yemen) Misfortune in the Alley Fawziya Rashid (Bahrain) Questioning Emily Nasrallah (Lebanon) The Dinosaur Hadiya Sa'id (Lebanon) Moonstruck Khayriya al-Saqqaf (Saudi Arabia) A Moment of Truth Daisy al-Amir (Iraq) The Future Suhayr al-Tall (Jordan) The Gallows Part Eight: The Winds of Change Ulfat al-Idilbi (Syria) The Breeze of Youth Suhayr al-Qalamawi (Egypt) A Successful Woman Radwa Ashour (Egypt) In Need of Reassurance Nafila Dhahab (Tunisia) Short and Sassy Samiya At'ut (Palestine) The Collapse of Barriers Salwa Bakr (Egypt) The Beginning Nuzha Bin Sulayman (Morocco) A Moment of Contemplation Mona Ragab (Egypt) I Will Try Tomorrow Notes About the Authors