Voices of Change: Short Stories by Saudi Arabian Women Writers

by Bagader, Abubaker

• ISBN13: 9781555877750
• ISBN10: 1555877753
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-08-31
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Life Passages
Had I Been Male	p. 19
School Diaries	p. 23
Tears of Joy and Sorrow	p. 29
Why Shouldn't I Be Like Her?	p. 35
Zainab	p. 39
The Duties of a Working Wife	p. 43
Complete Calm	p. 47
To Celebrate Being a Woman	p. 53
The Dove Is a Woman	p. 57
Just Give Me the Right to Dream	p. 63
Social Issues
The Loss	p. 69
Saffron	p. 73
Wednesday Night	p. 77
In a Puzzling Whirlwind	p. 83
The Reflection	p. 87
Love: Romantic, Requited, and Otherwise
I Will Not Return	p. 95
If Only It Were Pity	p. 101
Fall Nights	p. 107
A Single-Winged Bird	p. 113
The Last Dream	p. 119
The Game	p. 127
I Never Lied	p. 131
Take Me with You	p. 135
Memories
Burqan's Ghost	p. 141
The Madman	p. 149
One Thousand Braids and a Governess	p. 155
Glossary	p. 163
About the Authors	p. 167
About the Book and Editors	p. 171
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