Misuse of Islam in El-Saadawi’s God Dies by the Nile from a Socialist Feminist Perspective
This essay argues that El-Saadawi, in her novel God Dies by the Nile, does not oppose Islam and does not claim that it is Islam that oppresses women, but rather that it is the abuse of Islam and the melange of Islam, traditions, and superstitions that oppresses the women in Kafr El Teen, which is sy...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Hawwa
Year: 2014, Volume: 11, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 187-211 |
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Nawal El-Saadawi
feminism
women’s oppression
Islam
Abuse of Islam
God Dies by the Nile
Arab Women
Egyptian women
superstitions
traditions
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