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For people looking to decolonize their bookshelves, I want to introduce you all to some of my favorite translated books that are about and by Egyptian women and feminists.

Books are:

The Golden Chariot by Salwa Bakr
The Harem Years: The Memories of an Egyptian Feminist by Huda Sha'arawi
Assiout: The Saga of an Egyptian Family by Hanna F. Wissa

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Books to Understand Egyptian Feminism

These books, both nonfiction and fictional tell the story of Egyptian feminism. It was in the 19th and 20th centuries that women in cities like Cairo and Alexandria began to define what it meant to be an Egyptian woman. The books listed are English translations of Arabic books to help educate people about the place Egypt had in Arab Feminism.

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