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from anarea that stretches from Morocco to theArabian Peninsula.Here,for the first time,a collection of Arab women's writing isorganised within a feminist framework.Itbrings together many women's voices;some are familiar-Etel Adnan,MayZiyada,Nawal al-Saadawi,and HudaShaarawi-many have never been read inEnglish before.In these wonderfullydiverse documents-personak letters,memoirs,speeches,fiction and poetry,spanning over a century-women eschewtheir role as silent helpmates.  \nAlready in the 1860s,we see the birthof 'invisible feminism³-read in bookscirculated in the harem.We read 'thewords of the silent'as writers reminisceon childhood,'Why is a daughter a blight?Why do brothers have the advantage?'Wesee women refusing to acquiesce:'Atdawn,he slept.At last she crept.Away shewent.Away,unwed.These documents inall their diversity and sophistication notonly challenge Arab patriarchy,but alsoeloquently refute the myth of a monolithicwestern feminism.  \nCover design by'Karen Crane/Baker HillLtdCover illustration by Margo VeillonS16.99 net in UK onlyWOMEN'S STUDIESISBN 1-85381-031-291781853810312\"  \ne  \nArab women today live in more than twenty sovereign states,aswell as in occupation or exile;they come from an area that stretchesfrom Morocco to the Arabian Peninsula.Here,for the first time,acollection of Arab women's writing is organised within a feministframework.It brings together many women's voices;some arefamiliar-Etel Adnan,May Ziyada,Nawal al-Saadawi,and HudaShaarawi-many have never been read in English before.In thesewonderfully diverse documents -personal letters,memoirs,speeches,fiction and poetry,spanning over a century-womeneschew their role as silent helpmates.These documents in all theirdiversity and sophistication not only challenge Arab patriarchy,butalso eloquently refute the myth of a monolithic western feminism.  \nMargot Badran took degrees in Middle East Studies at Harvardand Oxford.She was Visiting Associate Professor in History andWomen's Studies at Hamilton College in 1984/85.She edited andtranslated Harem Years:Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist by HudaShaarawi(Virago,1986)and is currently researching on contem-porary feminist and Islamist currents in Egypt;several of herarticles have appeared both in English and Arabic.She now dividesher time between Cairo and the United States.  \nMiriam Cooke earned her Ph.D from Oxford in 1980.Afterpublishing a collection of translations and a major study of the lifeand works of the Egyptian male writer Yahya Haggi,she turnedher attention to Arab women writers.Her book War's Other Voices:Women Writers on the Lebanese Civil War(1988)explores the liber-ating and radicalising effect of the civil war(1975-82)on the livesand writings of women.Miriam Cooke teaches modern Arabicliterature at Duke University.She lives in North Carolina.  \n# Opening the Gates\n\nA Century of Arab Feminist Writing  \nEDITED BYMargot Badran and Miriam Cooke  \nVIRAG0  \n| LIVERPO0L NSTTUTE  \u003Cbr>OF HIGHER 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