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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Merit Culture Magazine: Egyptian Woman's Struggle, Huda Shaarawi as Example

The 64th issue of the Merit Culture Magazine (October issue) dedicates a cultural section titled a “Woman Fight for her Rights - Huda Shaarawi as an Example” including six articles: “Woman’s role in global development movement”, a lecture addressed by Shaarawi, head of the Egyptian Women Union at the time, at the American University of Cairo, on November 12, 1929; “Memoirs of Huda Shaarawi and beginnings of feminist renaissance” by Dr. Nadia Hanawi (Iraq); “From Mashrabiya to Court” by Dr. Ikram Badawi; “Huda Shaarawi…between social work and political struggle” by Dr. Asmaa Badawi; “How did Huda Shaarawi come out from ‘Harem Era’ and ‘uncovered her face’?” by researcher Samar Lashin; “Arabic feminism: influencing models and contemporary problematics” by journalist Mariana Sami.

The “Critical Views” section features six articles including “Lady Chatterley's Lover… Guardians of the Lord and Literature Inquisitions” by Dr. Mamdouh Farraj al-Nabi; “Social transformation in Jabbour Douaihy’s The American Quarter” by Dr. Huda Ali Eid (Lebanon); “In days of bright sun” by Miral al-Tahawi, in which she exposes laws and customs that subdue women; “Cultural criticism experience of Iraqi critic Fadel Abboud al-Tamimi” by Dr. Tarek Bouhala (Algeria); “Comparative Literature Studies in Moroccan Universities” by Abadati Boushaab (Morocco); “Storytelling romance in Ibtihal al-Shayeb’s ‘Familiar’ collection” by Shawky Abdul Hamid Yahya.

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