Asma Halim
Asma Halim (1921–2003) was an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Work
[edit]Halim often used "autobiographical styles and techniques" in her writing and was critical of cultural practices, such as polygamy.[1] Hoda Elsadda describes how Halim worked on Hikayat 'Abdu 'Abd al-Rahman (1977) and wrote it as if it was a memoir, taking dictation from a fictional person.[2] The story involves the life of 'Abdu, who is a working class person living in poverty who is oppressed in many different ways.[3] Hanan Hammad, on the other hand, believes another interpretation of the novel, Hikayat, where Halim is the editor of a story dictated to her.[4]
Halim also worked as a journalist.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Elsadda 2008, p. 151.
- ^ Elsadda 2008, p. 127.
- ^ Elsadda, Hoda (2012). Gender, Nation, and the Arabic Novel: Egypt, 1892–2008. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-7486-6918-9.
- ^ Hammad, Hanan (2016). Industrial Sexuality: Gender, Urbanization, and Social Transformation in Egypt. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4773-1072-4.
- ^ Gallagher, Nancy Elizabeth (1990). Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8156-2507-0.
Sources
[edit]- Elsadda, Hoda (2008). "Egypt". In Ashour, Radwa; Ghazoul, Ferial J.; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna (eds.). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873–1999. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774161469.
