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Title:
I killed Scheherazade : confessions of an angry Arab woman / Joumana Haddad ; foreword by Etel AdnAn.
ISBN:
9781569769317
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Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2021]

©2010
Physical Description:
1 online resource (160 pages)
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
To start with ... on camels, belly dancing, schizophrenia and other pseudo-disasters -- An Arab woman reading the Marquis de Sade -- An Arab woman not belonging anywhere -- An Arab woman writing erotic poetry -- An Arab woman creating a magazine about the body -- An Arab woman redefining her womanhood -- An Arab woman unafraid of provoking Allah -- An Arab woman living and saying no -- To start again ... am I really an "Arab woman"? -- Post-partum : I killed Scheherazade -- The poet's chapter : Attempt at an autobiography.
Summary:
Contains a collection of essays by poet and journalist Joumana Haddad examining the paradox of the Arab woman and the state of womanhood in the Arab world.
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