5/27/2023 0 Comments Opening the Gates by Margot Badran![]() ![]() "An expression of indigenous, intrepid feminism in the Arab world."-Ms. represent a powerful series of vignettes by women who were both insightful and gifted, into the lives of women who have lived 'behind the veil' over the last 100 years."-Arab Book World "This impressive collection of writings by Arab women. "This collection of stories, speeches, essays, poems and memoirs bears fierce testimony to a tradition of brave Arab feminist writing in the face of subjugation by a Muslim patriarchy."-Publishers Weekly Here are first-class stories with the energy and freshness we expect from a beginning." -Doris Lessing, The Independent "Anyone interested in good writing should read. "An impressive collection of more than 50 pieces-essays, poems, folktales, short stories, memoirs, film scripts, lectures/speeches-by Arab women challenging the widely accepted view of Middle Eastern women as submissive non-thinkers to whom feminism is a foreign concept." -Booklist ![]()
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