Many female writers were able to make their names in the literary milieu, and topped the lists of the most influential female writers, and in the modern era there were many and many daughters of Eve who made great and prominent names in the world of culture and literature.
The world celebrates International Women's Day, on this day on March 8 of each year, which is the manifestation of an annual celebration held to signify the general respect, appreciation and love of women for their economic, political and social achievements, and it is an occasion to celebrate the work of women and their courage and steadfastness in performing exceptional roles in the history of their countries and societies. ... and among the women who were able to make big names in the world of culture and literature and imposed their names on the Arab cultural middle, and they are:
1- May Ziada
A pioneer, one of the pioneers of Arabic literature, and the owner of one of the most famous cultural salons at the beginning of the last century. Through her career, she was able to present to the woman a new image that intersects with the title of one of her most famous books, "Between the Islands and the Tide", as well as her life.
May Ziada (1886-1941) was an Arab writer and writer, born in Nazareth in 1886, her original name was Mary Elias Ziada. Mai excelled in the field of journalism, and she used to publish her articles in the Egyptian press, and she had a role in defending women's rights, and the demand for equality. To be a pioneer of the modern Arab women's renaissance.
2- Iraqi poet Nazik al-Malaika
Nazik al-Malaika (Baghdad, August 23, 1923 - Cairo, June 20, 2007), gained world fame in the history of literature, and perhaps no one knows that the reason behind her uniqueness is that her mother, Mrs. Salma Abdel Razzaq, used to write poetry and publish her poems in Iraqi magazines and newspapers in the name of Literary is Umm Nizar the angels.
Nazik al-Malaika, as some believe, was the first to write free verse in 1947, and some consider her poem called "Cholera" as one of the first free verses in Arabic literature.
3-Nawal El Saadawi
An Egyptian doctor, writer and novelist, defending human rights in general and women's rights in particular, she has written many books on women, and is famous for her fight against the phenomenon of circumcision, and she is one of the most controversial figures, and Nawal El Saadawi has written more than fifty works varying between novel, story, play and biography.
4- Asia Gabar
One of the most famous female novelists in Algeria and one of the most famous novelists in North Africa, and he was the first Arab woman to obtain membership in the Academy of the French Language, which is the highest French institution concerned with the heritage of the French language, and thanks to her writing that touched the hearts of many, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009, she is the Algerian writer. The great Assia Jabbar, or Fatima Zahra.
Assia Jabbar was born in 1936 and spent her teenage years at the height of the events of the Algerian war of independence against the French colonialist. She is a writer, novelist and academic, known around the world because of her feminine and anti-colonial views in Algerian society, and one of her most important works is her first novel, "The Thirst," published in 1957.
5- Radwa Ashour
One of the most prominent Egyptian women writers in recent decades in novel and criticism, and her critical works, published in Arabic and English, ranged between theoretical production and works related to specific literary experiences, and some of her creative works were translated into English, Spanish, Italian and Indonesian.
And Radwa Ashour (May 26, 1946 - November 30, 2014) is an Egyptian storyteller, novelist, literary critic and professor, whose works intersected constantly with the history of her country and reflected passionately towards it. Among her most famous works is "Granada", a trilogy in which she returns to the period of Arab-Spanish coexistence in Andalusia.
6- Ghada Samman
Ghada Al-Samman (1942) is a Syrian writer and writer. She was born in Damascus to a Levantine family, and has a close relationship with the Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani.
She released her first collection of stories, "Your Eyes, My Fate" in 1962, and was considered one of the feminist writers who appeared during that period, such as Colette Khoury and Leila Baalbeki, but Ghada continued and was able to present a different and distinct literature that took it out of the narrow framework of women's problems and feminist movements to social horizons. Psychological and humane.
7- Ahlam Mostaghanemy
An Algerian writer and novelist, born in 1953, she is one of the most famous Arab writers and the most popular among all age groups.
Her novel "Memory of the Flesh", published in 1993, was ranked among the best 100 Arab novels. She also won the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature in 1998, the Lebanese Pioneer Medal for her overall work, and the Medal of Honor awarded to her by the Algerian President Bouteflika in 2006, in addition to that, The Center for Arab Women Studies in Paris and Dubai awarded her the title of the most distinguished Arab woman for the year 2006.
Mon, Mar. 8, 2021
