Feminist Theory Website

Feminism in Egypt

Egypt

Feminists on
Other Sites:

Nahid Toubia

Other Feminists:

Nawal El Saadawi

Dora Shafik

Huda Shaarawi

Internet Sites:

You can access anthropologist Ann Gardner's pages on the Sinai Bedouin women of Egypt here.

      Bibliography

      Amin, Qasim, et.al. The New Woman: A Document in the Early Debate on Egyptian Feminism. American Univ. in Cairo Press, 1995.

      Badran, Margot. Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt. 1995.

      Botman, Selma. Engendering Citizenship in Egypt. Columbia Univ. Press, 1999.

      El Saadawi, Nawal. The Nawal El Saadawi Reader. 1997.

      Karam, Azza M. Women, Islamisms and the State: Contemporary Feminisms in Egypt. St. Martins Press, 1998.

      Nelson, Cynthia. Dora Shafik, Egyptian Feminist. 1996.

      Piccione, Peter A. "The Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society." 1995.

      Sha Rawi, Huda. Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist (1879-1924). Feminist Press, 1987.

      Talhami, Ghada Hashem. The Mobilization of Muslim Women in Egypt. Univ. Press of Florida, 1996.

      Filmography

      "Days of Democracy." Dir. by Ateyyat El-Abnoudy.

      "Dreams of Hind and Camilia." Dir. by Mohamed Khan.

      "Hidden Faces." Dir. by Claire Hunt and Kim Longinotto, 1990.

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