Umm Aktham
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Fatimah Turki | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | Qatari |
| Occupation | writer |
Fatimah Abdullah al Turki (فاطمة عبد الله التركي, born 1953) is a Qatari writer, who has written under the pseudonym Umm Aktham( أمّاأكثم ) or Sarah(سارة) in the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2]
Styles and political views
[edit]In her writing, she sometimes attacked Arabic society for its disadvantages to women, but did not aspire a western liberal model.[1][3] Critics describe how her writing highlights contradictions and contrasts, between reality and imagination, internal and external worlds, life and death, riches and poverty.[4][5]
Works
[edit]- Winter of the Eskimo (1978, شتاء الاسكيمو)[6]
- 'Yawmiyat fi-l-manfa (يوميات في المنفى, Memoirs in exile)', in Layla Salih, ed., Adab al-mar ah fi al-Jazirah wa al-Khalij al-Arabi(Women's literature at the Arabian peninsula and Arabian gulf), 1983, pp. 266–74[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Miriam Cooke (1992). "Arab Women Writers". Modern Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 448. ISBN 978-0-521-33197-5.
- ^ Akhmedova, Shakhlo Irgashbaevna (2022). "THE ISSUE OF WOMEN'S PLACE IN THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY IN THE CREATION OF GULF ARAB COUNTRIES' LITERATURE". Oriental Renaissance: Innovative, Educational, Natural and Social Sciences. 2 (12): 1174–1179. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ الادب العربي الحديث. النادي الادبي الثقافي. 2002. p. 634. ISBN 978-9960-757-33-9.
- ^ a b Ghazoul, Ferial; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna; Ashour, Radwa, eds. (2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9781617975547. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Yazıcı, Hüseyin (2004). The short story in modern Arabic literature. General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 188. ISBN 9789770193280. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "المرأة القطرية في فضاءاتها الإبداعية".
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