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1 online resource |
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Classes of Ladies of Cloistered Spaces; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Pearls Scattered: An Introduction; II A Women's World History, in the World of Arabic Letters: A Reader's View; III Founding Mothers, Speaking Sisters: Lineaments of Community in History; IV Writerly Pursuits: A Compiler's Archive; V A Beckoning Compass, Circulating Lives: The Bustani Encyclopedia and Other Nineteenth-century Sources; VI Interlocutors? Men Authoring Women's History in the 1890s; VII Framing a History of the Present:or, Did the Pearls Scatter to the World's Fair? |
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VIII Violent Romances: The Bodily Drama of Patriarchal TraumaAppendix I: Translations; Appendix II: List of Fawwaz's Pearls; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
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Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) was a forceful voice in support of women's rights to education and work choices in colonial-era Egypt. This book explores the writing and influence of her landmark piece al-Durr al-manthur fi tabaqat rabbat al-khudur the first Arabic-language global biographical dictionary of women. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk. StEdNL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Fawwāz, Zaynab, 1859 or 1860-1914. Durr al-manthūr fī ṭabaqāt rabbāt al-khudūr.
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Feminism.
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Feminism. |
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Feminism -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century.
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Egypt. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Electronic books.
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Print version: 9780748694860 |
| ISBN |
9780748694877 (electronic book) |
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0748694870 (electronic book) |
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9781474403412 |
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1474403417 |
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9780748694860 |
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0748694862 |
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