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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 208
Utgivningsdatum: 1982-09-01
Förlag: Syracuse University Press
Medarbetare: Rugh, Andrea
Dimensioner: 228 x 149 x 17 mm
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ISBN: 9780815601814

Khul-Khaal

Name: Khul-Khaal
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Author: Nayra Atiya
ISBN: 9780815601814

Five Egyptian Women Tell Their Stories

av Nayra Atiya

Häftad, Engelska, 1982-09-01

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"Our people prefer boys, because a girl's life is difficult. It's difficult in every sore of family and among all nationalities. A girl's life is not like a man's life. She has no assurance of being happy in her marriage. And her main purpose in life is to marry and to have children. A girl's and a woman's lives are a trial whatever happens. I don't know why."--Om Gad Their stories are fresh and vivid, recording the various roles of being co-wife in a polygamous marriage, the complications of divorce, the rituals of female circumcision and marriage, the loss of children, life-long hate and its source, the position of witchcraft and superstition in their daily lives, primitive health practices, and managing a family's meager resources, including the gold or silver khul-khaal anklets worn by married women. These self-portraits are fascinating reading and a mine of information for anyone interested in understanding contemporary Egyptian life. A foreword by anthropologist Andrea Rugh and photographs by Asma el-Bakry are included.

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