| Ramza Contributor(s): Kouloub, Out El (Author), Atiya, Nayra (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0815602804 ISBN-13: 9780815602804 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: The story of Ramza is the story of many Oriental women, a story of life in the harem at the turn of the century, of life behind the veil, and of one woman's rebellion. Out el Kouloub wrote it as a novel, yet it reads like a personal account. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) |
| Dewey: 843 |
| LCCN: 93042382 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.54" W x 8.47" (0.62 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This novel of the harem, originally published in 1958, is a dramatisation of a piece of Egyptian feminine and feminist history. Set at the turn of the century, when Egyptian women were struggling to come forward, it tells the story of life behind the veil and of one woman's rebellion against it. |