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Khul-Khaal

By Nayra Atiya

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Khul-Khaal

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"Our people prefer boys, because a girl's life is difficult. It's difficult in every sore of family and among all nationalities. A girl's life is not like a man's life. She has no assurance of being happy in her marriage. And her main purpose in life is to marry and to have children. A girl's and a woman's lives are a trial whatever happens. I don't know why."--Om Gad

Their stories are fresh and vivid, recording the various roles of being co-wife in a polygamous marriage, the complications of divorce, the rituals of female circumcision and marriage, the loss of children, life-long hate and its source, the position of witchcraft and superstition in their daily lives, primitive health practices, and managing a family's meager resources, including the gold or silver khul-khaal anklets worn by married women.

These self-portraits are fascinating reading and a mine of information for anyone interested in understanding contemporary Egyptian life. A foreword by anthropologist Andrea Rugh and photographs by Asma el-Bakry are included.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
1982-09-01
Publication Date:
1982-08-01
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0815601816
ISBN13:
9780815601814
Weight:
322 g
Height:
149 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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