Three women explore works by Muslim women writers that break down stereotypes, raise questions, and explore contradictions between their experience and the traditional doctrines of the cultures in which they live. On this program, Egyptian-born Leila Ahmed talks about and reads from her 1999 memoir, _A Border Passage_; Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi discusses Algerian writer Assia Djebar's novel _Far from Medina_; and Farzaneh Milani explores the work of Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad.
Well-suited to Women's History Month in March
Photo: Leila Ahmed
Photo Credit: Harvard Divinity School
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Three women explore works by Muslim women writers that break down stereotypes, raise questions, and explore contradictions between their experience and the traditional doctrines of the cultures in which they live. On this program, Egyptian-born Leila Ahmed talks about and reads from her 1999 memoir, _A Border Passage_; Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi discusses Algerian writer Assia Djebar's novel _Far from Medina_; and Farzaneh Milani explores the work of Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad. Well-suited to Women's History Month in March Photo: Leila Ahmed Photo Credit: Harvard Divinity School Fifteen- and thirty-second promos available.
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Review of What's the Word? Muslim Women Writers
Three intelligent and articulate women giving voices to those rarely heard - those, in fact, often silenced. It's an important topic, and I'm sure this program would be greatly appreciated by many. But the approach here is very academic. I felt as though I was attending a conference on the subject and merely getting abstracts of longer lectures (or interviews). In fact, the third speaker seemed to be reading directly from her own pre-written work. Lot's of food for thought on big questions such as the political construction of identity, interpretation versus manipulation, and translation of oral tradition to written word. But even the presentor seemed prone to the academic penchant for footnotes and attributations. A bit of Arabic music keeps it from being completely dry and it is a perfect topic for Women's History Month.