Description

In Girl's Expectations Mai Ziadah tackles various intellectual, literary and social issues raised in her time, but which are still relevant today, such as the question of young women who break away from the traditionally feminine image and interests, and share their intellectual concerns and literary ambitions. The collection reflects the image of the world in the first half of the 20th century, especially in the Arab World, through the eyes of Mai, a female writer and intellectual in a male-dominated society. The book includes personalities with whom the essayist and novelist lived and fictional characters created to express her thoughts and contemplations.

Em Expectativas Mi das Mai Ziadah aborda v rias quest es intelectuais, liter rias e sociais levantadas no seu tempo, mas que continuam actuais, como a quest o das jovens mulheres que rompem com a imagem e interesses tradicionalmente femininos, e partilham as suas preocupa es intelectuais e as suas ambi es liter rias. A colect nea reflecte a imagem do mundo na primeira metade do's culo XX, especialmente no Oriente rabe, sob o olhar de Mai, uma mulher, escritora e culta numa sociedade dominada pelos homens. O livro abrange personalidades com quem a ensa sta e romancista conviveu e, personagens fict cias criadas para exprimir os seus pensamentos e contempla es.