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<p><p>&#160;&#160;&#160;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.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>shaarawi, An Early Leader Of Egypt's Feminist Movement, Was The Daughter Of An Upper-class Egyptian And A Turkish Circassian Woman. Raised In A Haremthat Area Of Homes Where The Women And Children In Wealthier Families Were Secludedshaarawi Observed Bitterly That Her Younger Brother Was Treated Better And Taught More Than She. At Age 13 She Was Married, Against Her Wishes, To An Older Cousin Who Already Had A Family By A ``slave-concubine,'' With Whom He C

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Author

Huda Shaarawi

Publisher

The Feminist Press at CUNY

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780935312706

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Science, Gender Studies

Rating

3.52 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13