| Introducing the book |
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| Dedication | Editorial Committee | العربية |
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| Part One: Structures of the Feminine Experience |
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| Across Borders: Letters from a Mother to her Son | Nuha Bayoumi | العربية |
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| Lebanese Mothers Reflect on Their Lives | Fadia Hoteit | العربية |
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| “I weep. I need a friend:” A Structural Characteristic Peculiar to Women | Najla Hamadeh | العربية |
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| Searching for the Feminine | May Gebran | العربية |
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| Women’s Bodies Past and Present: An Anthropological Reading | Sawsan Karimi | العربية |
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| Part Two: The Discourse of Biography |
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| Um Kulthoum: A Gendered Study in Biographical Writing | Hind El-Soufi Assaf | العربية |
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| A Reading in the Autobiographies of Three Arab Women | Rafif Rida Sidawi | العربية |
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| The Formation of the Writing Self: A Comparison between Mai Ziyadeh and “Judith Shakespeare” | Hanan Ibrahim | العربية |
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| Writing Arab Women’s Lives | Jean Said Makdisi | English |
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| Part Three: Women in War |
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| Letters from Ramallah, 2002 | Islah Jad | English |
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| Imane Khalifé: The Life of a Young Lebanese Peace Activist | Nader Srage | العربية |
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| Part Four: Scenes and Impressions |
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| The Last Wedding | Soumaya Ramadan | العربية |
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| The Scent of Poppies | Bachar El-Issa | العربية |
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| Women of Sin and Sorrow | Mohammad Abi-Samra | العربية |
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| Part Five: Readings in Written Biographies |
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| Women in Prison: Zaynab al-Ghazali and her Days of my Life | Hosn Abboud | العربية |
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| A Reading in a Tunisian Militant’s Memoirs : Radhia Haddad and her Parole de Femme | Dalenda El-Arcache | العربية |
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| Afifa Saab: Experiences and Persepctives | Naila Takieddine Kaidbey | العربية |
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| Part Six: Readings in Women’s Lives |
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| The Life and Work of Emily Bisharat | Suheir Al-Tal | العربية |
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| Single Women as Heads of Households | Maya Al-Rahbeh | العربية |
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| Guardians of Life: The Stories of Two Women | Nazek Saba Yared | العربية |
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| The Great Women of Onayza | Ahmad Al-Wasel | العربية |
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| The Lives and Labours of Rural Yemeni Women | Sukaina Hachem | العربية |
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| Part Seven: Snapshots |
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| Awakening | Emily Nasrallah | العربية |
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| Rose | Imane Hamdan Younes | العربية |
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| Layla Mrad, I love you, I love you | Hanan al Shaykh | العربية |
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| Jamileh | Rawiyat Al-Hakam | العربية |
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| A Lover of the City | Salwa Baaklini | العربية |
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| Untitled | Alawiya Subh | العربية |
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| A Mother’s Tender Mercies | Sadika Qamar el Din | العربية |
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| Mariam al Saad | Fawzia Al-Sanadi | العربية |
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| A Glimpse into the Life of Na’am | Najla Hamadeh | العربية |
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| A Dialogue with my Late Mother | Nahawand Al-Kadri Issa | العربية |
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| Part Eight: Appendices |
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| Abstracts of the Articles in Arabic | | العربية |
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| Abstracts of the Articles in English | | English |
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