Comments on: The Voice of an Arab Woman http://tololy.com/2008/06/18/the-voice-of-an-arab-woman/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:40:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Tololy http://tololy.com/2008/06/18/the-voice-of-an-arab-woman/#comment-8206 Tololy Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:28:27 +0000 http://www.tololy.com/?p=1131#comment-8206 <p>Hi Arima, I haven't read any fiction by Saadawi yet. I read the articles published on her website, and I will finish the third volume of her biography over the weekend. I thought I should first read about her life and then read her fiction, but I plan on buying as many of her books as possible, very soon. Thanks a lot for the tip!</p> <p>Just yesterday I read that two books of hers were aborted midway through printing: http://www.albawaba.com/ar/main/283232</p> <p>Apparently, the publisher "discovered" they were too controversial for Egyptian/Arab societies. I just wonder when we will wake up and stop this kind of rubbish! Everyone should have access to all sorts of knowledge regardless of one person's judgment of them. The irony is that I think all her books touch on "sensitive" issues one way or the other, and this publisher Madbouli had no problem printing them, I don't get the sudden narrow-mindedness.</p> Hi Arima, I haven’t read any fiction by Saadawi yet. I read the articles published on her website, and I will finish the third volume of her biography over the weekend. I thought I should first read about her life and then read her fiction, but I plan on buying as many of her books as possible, very soon. Thanks a lot for the tip!

Just yesterday I read that two books of hers were aborted midway through printing: http://www.albawaba.com/ar/main/283232

Apparently, the publisher “discovered” they were too controversial for Egyptian/Arab societies. I just wonder when we will wake up and stop this kind of rubbish! Everyone should have access to all sorts of knowledge regardless of one person’s judgment of them. The irony is that I think all her books touch on “sensitive” issues one way or the other, and this publisher Madbouli had no problem printing them, I don’t get the sudden narrow-mindedness.

]]> By: Arima http://tololy.com/2008/06/18/the-voice-of-an-arab-woman/#comment-8205 Arima Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:55:19 +0000 http://www.tololy.com/?p=1131#comment-8205 Have you read this play that she got branded for apostasy for "God resigns at the summit meeting" (Is that what it's called???) I am curious to see what it is about but have been unable to get hold of it. I just finished reading woman at point zero and think that is honestly one of the best books i ever read Have you read this play that she got branded for apostasy for “God resigns at the summit meeting” (Is that what it’s called???) I am curious to see what it is about but have been unable to get hold of it.
I just finished reading woman at point zero and think that is honestly one of the best books i ever read

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