What is it about?
It is about the writings of four Saud female writers: Nura al-Saad, Suhaila Zain al-Abedin, Fowziyah Abu Khalid and Wajeha al-Huwaider's. What does it tell us about Saudi change, Islamic discourse, Women activism and whether we can call that feminism.
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Why is it important?
Saudi women's writings are rarely studied internally and through a long period of time. This study tried to give a perspective of the intellectual development of the writers through three decades at least. It is important because it shows that Saudi women are not one thing and the don't stay where they are all their lives.
Perspectives
As a writer myself, and activist, but after all, an academic who specializes on women's history, i write this article as part of documenting and studying forgotten aspects of my society that could change a great deal of stereotyping.
Dr Hatoon A. AL FASSI
University of Manchester
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Saudi Women and Islamic Discourse, Selected Examples of Saudi Feminisms, Hawwa, September 2016, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15692086-12341306.
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Resources
Hatoon Al Fassi Youtube channel
This channel gives dozens of TV interviews and some lectures throughout 20 years, both in English and Arabic, some are in French.
Hatoon AL FASSI's Academia site
This site has most of my full articles online, both in English and Arabic.
Hatoon AL FASSI on al Riyadh newspaper
This link leads to my weekly articles published in al-Riyadh newspaper since 2008. They are all in Arabic.
More about Saudi Feminism
I have three articles published on Saudi feminism, one in English and two in Arabic. you can access them on my page in academia.edu لدي بحثان عن النسوية السعودية تجدونه على رابط أكاديميا المرفق أعلاه
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