The Open DoorAmerican Univ in Cairo Press, 2002 - 364 من الصفحات The Open Door is a landmark of women's writing in Arabic. Published in 1960, it was very bold for its time in exploring a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of sexual and political age, in the context of the Egyptian nationalist movement preceding the 1952 revolution. The novel traces the pressures on young women and young men of that time and class as they seek to free themselves of family control and social expectations. Young Layla and her brother become involved in the student activism of the 1940s and early 1950s and in the popular resistance to continued imperialist rule; the story culminates in the 1956 Suez Crisis, when Gamal Abd al-Nasser's nationalization of the Canal led to a British, French, and Israeli invasion. Not only daring in her themes, Latifa al-Zayyat was also bold in her use of colloquial Arabic, and the novel contains some of the liveliest dialogue in modern Arabic literature. ''Not only a great novel, but a literary landmark that shaped our consciousness.'' -- Abdel Moneim Tallima ''A great anticolonialist work in a feminist key.'' -- Ferial Ghazoul ''Latifa al-Zayyat greatly helped all of us Egyptian writers in our early writing careers.''-- Naguib Mahfouz |
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able Adila answer arms asked aunt become began body called chair changed chest closed course door dress everything eyes face father fear feel feet felt followed forward front Gamila gave gaze girl give gone hand Hanim happened hard head heard heart Husayn inside Isam Isam's knew laughed Layla leaned leave letter light lips live look Mahmud married mean mind mother mouth moved never pain person pressed pulled pushed question raised Ramzi reached realized returned round Sanaa seemed sense shaking shook shoulder sister sitting slowly smile sound speak spoke standing stay step stood stopped suddenly talk tears tell thing thought took tried trying turned understand voice waiting walked wave whispered whole woman women writing young