APPENDIX Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women’s Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. PART ONE POLITICAL THEORY Colonial Discourse, Feminist Theory, and Arab Feminism
6. CHAPTER ONE Why Colonial Discourse? 3
7. CHAPTER TWO Feminism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in the Arab World 15
8. CHAPTER THREE Huda Shaarawi’s Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist 35
9. PART TWO NARRATIVE THEORY: Autobiography
10. CHAPTER FOUR Autobiography and Sexual Difference 55
11. CHAPTER FIVE Arab Autobiography: A Historical Survey 75
12. PART THREE ANALYSIS OF TEXTS
13. CHAPTER SIX Anthologies 87
14. CHAPTER SEVEN Fadwa Tuqan’s Mountainous Journey, Difficult Journey 114
15. CHAPTER EIGHT Nawal el-Saadawi 131
16. CONCLUSION The Literary and the Political 181
17. APPENDIX Translation of the Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Memoirs from the Women’s Prison by Nawal el-Saadawi 185
18. NOTES 189
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 211
20. INDEX 225