Arab Women Writers
Meeting Place
Tues, Nov 9 - 11:30am-1:30pm
Make sure you visit the Meeting Place to see several interactive, educational stations created by the students of Prof. Maria Assif's ENG C51 class "Contemporary Arab Women Writers"
This course explores Arab women’s experiences and expression through an examination of writing by Arab women from the 1860s to the present. Students consider the problematics of discussing Arab women within a western frame of reference, and address the historical development of Arab women’s writings, reading fiction, poetry, memoirs and polemical pieces by Egyptian, Palestinian, Jordanian, Lebanese, Saudi Arabian, Moroccan, Algerian, and Arab women writers in diaspora (North American, Western Europe, and Australia). They focus on the ways in which Arab women have articulated their subjectivity, challenged or reformulated societal and familial roles, negotiated tradition, responded to political and cultural exigencies, and formulated a literary and feminist aesthetic.
Come see the displays of students work on these fascinating topics!