Two Novels and Two Women [electronic resource].

Hatje Cantz 2012

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During the 1970s and ’80s, as a result of Anwar el-Sadat’s open-door policy‚ Egypt began to deteriorate on different levels. There was a complete reversal of previous president Gamal Abdel Nasser’s promotion of independence‚ social justice, and general development of the country. Under Sadat, the population was forced to adapt to a new reality. The norms and rules were stipulated by a small minority, itself on a path to disintegration. Everybody conspicuously consumed or dreamed of doing so. Productive labor and social solidarity were both rendered meaningless. Education and culture were devalued. Individuals resorted to immigration or crime, and the most stunted of ideologies, one based on metaphysics, superstition, and irrationalism, came to dominate…
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Art and literature
Feminism and art
Historiography

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Sonallah Ibrahim
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Chus Martínez
Bettina Funcke
Katrin Sauerländer
Cordelia Marten
Claire Barliant
Sam Frank
Barbara Hess
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