
Prisoner of the Levant
by Darina Al Joundi
Darina Al Joundi(Author)
Liverpool University Press
Published on 12. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-80207-874-9 (ISBN)
Description
"I had a dream that women, all women, will hold their heads high, that women will work, that in their eyes we will no longer see fear or defeat or humiliation. That women will never again be shackled by society, or by circumstance, or by men. Instead we will see in the eyes of every woman a person fully in control of herself, and mistress of her own destiny."
Cairo, 1920. In the cafes and literary salons, the great minds of the Arab renaissance meet and share ideas. Among them is May Ziadeh, pioneer of the Arab feminist movement and the great love of Khalil Gibran's life. Intense and talented, May is celebrated by the greatest writers and thinkers of Cairo's literary world, who flock to her famous salon. Yet when a series of personal losses leave her vulnerable to plots against her, she is abandoned by those she believed would protect her. Stripped of her everything and imprisoned against her will, May is left fighting for the most basic right: freedom.
In Prisoner of the Levant, Darina Al Joundi offers a moving account of May Ziadeh's desire for emancipation and enlightenment, and an indictment of a world that does not allow women to be free.
Cairo, 1920. In the cafes and literary salons, the great minds of the Arab renaissance meet and share ideas. Among them is May Ziadeh, pioneer of the Arab feminist movement and the great love of Khalil Gibran's life. Intense and talented, May is celebrated by the greatest writers and thinkers of Cairo's literary world, who flock to her famous salon. Yet when a series of personal losses leave her vulnerable to plots against her, she is abandoned by those she believed would protect her. Stripped of her everything and imprisoned against her will, May is left fighting for the most basic right: freedom.
In Prisoner of the Levant, Darina Al Joundi offers a moving account of May Ziadeh's desire for emancipation and enlightenment, and an indictment of a world that does not allow women to be free.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80207-874-9 (9781802078749)
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Persons
Darina Al Joundi is a Lebanese-born actor and writer. She has promoted women's rights for the French government. Helen Vassallo is Associate Professor of French and Translation at the University of Exeter.