Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924 by Huda Shaarawi

Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924

Huda Shaarawi

176 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history challenging informative fast-paced
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In this firsthand account of the private world of a harem in colonial Cairo, Shaarawi recalls her childhood and early adult life in the seclusion of an upper-class Egyptian household, including her marriage at age thirteen. Her subsequent separati...

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