HIST 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Saad Zaghloul, Taha Hussein, History Of The Jews In Egypt
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Status of women linked to nationalism and colonialism + placing this within a historical process. Critique of the translation of the texts. Changes that abdu saw happening in egypt in law and education and the new ideas being propagated in egypt at the time. Part of these changes and reforming rhetoric are connected to the role of women in society. Qasim amin writes the liberation of woman 1899. He calls for unveiling, education of women, and the new housework idea. He calls on women not to rely on servants. This mirrors ideas going on in britain at the time with the beginning of ideas of the nuclear family, wives at home, wives who can do domestic work. Marriages where men and women would marry to bring land together. The idea of husband and wife as companions to each other started to emerge.
