Tag: Egypt
In memory of the Wireless Listeners of WWII
Ellie Woodbourne gives us a vignette of life as a ‘Wireless Listener’ in World War II, in memory of her aunt who worked for British Intelligence in Cairo.
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Who was Cleopatra’s younger sister?
Karen Murdarasi explains how Cleopatra became an infamously dangerous woman to the Romans, whereas her sister Arsinoe was simply ‘a woman who was dangerous’.
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Self-Defence Classes for Women in Revolutionary Cairo
Perrine Lachenal explores the phenomenon of self-defence classes in Cairo, where women learn how to defend themselves in the event of attack. She explores what this tells us about the character of the ‘dangerous woman’ in that particular cultural context.
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Writing women’s desires and domestic lives in 20th century Egypt
Alia Soliman looks at the ‘danger’ in the work of Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat, whose ‘imprint lingers as someone who dared speak of female desire in what was at the time an almost completely patriarchal society’.
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