Description: Acknowledgments Transliteration System Introduction 1. Women in Arab Society: A Historical Perspective 2. The Pioneering Generation Literary Societies Journals The Salons Women as Poets Other Important Creative Writers The Generation between World Wars Destiny and Demons: Conventional Devices Social Handicaps Development of a Female Literary Culture Conclusion 3. The Quest for Personal Identity Aminah al-Sa'id: New Beginnings Layla Ba'labakki's Rebellion: Two Novels Colette al-Khuri: Unconvincing Developments Layla 'Usayran: More Experiments Emily Nasrallah: Village Novelist Nawal al-Sa'dawi: Militant Fiction Discussion: Themes, Patterns, and Problems 4. The Quest for National Identity Al-Sa'dawi: A Link Between Personal and National identity Latifah al-Zayyat: The Open Door The Palestinian Question and the Novel The Achievement of Sahar Khalifah Liyanah Badr: A Compass for the Sunflower The Lebanese Dimension: Ghadah al-Samman Hanan al-Shaykh and The Story of Zahra Other Novelists and the Civil War Conclusion 5. Conclusions Appendices Appendix 1: Women's Journals in Egypt Appendix 2: Women's Journals in Lebanon Appendix 3: Women's Journals in Iraq Appendix 4: Women's Journals in Syria Appendix 5: Women's Journals in the Rest of the Arab World and Abroad Appendix 6: Novels Written by Arab Women (1887-1993) Notes References Index

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