Latita Zayyat is an Egyptian writer, political activist and feminist who has twice been imprisoned for her political beliefs. The turbulence of her own life has mirrored Egypt's painful transition from monarchy to republic and its development as a significant power in world and middle eastern affairs. In 1973, with her brother dying beside her she reflects upon the decay of her chidhood home as the world changed around them, she tells of her own social and political awakening as her first marriage failed, and she discovered herself as a woman, culminating in the political crisis of 1967 and Nasser's defeat. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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