Who You’re Reading When You’re Reading Arab Women

When Arab women are translated into English, the characters often reflect the prejudices of Westerners M. Lynx Qualey M. Lynx Qualey is founding editor of the translation-community website ArabLit Newlines Magazine, April 9, 2021   Arab women’s writing was slow to be translated from Arabic to English. Eighteenth and 19th century Orientalists focused largely on canonizing medieval men. Certainly, their

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