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Originally posted by MyKingdomForATaba2Koshari:
A-H-D-af Soueif

You keep misspelling names my dear

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Please!?!? Its a second language for us. And besides I see different spellings all the time for the most notable people written by notable journalists.

Its confusing, I know. I wish there was a permenant, regmental style to transliterate Arabic into English, but there isn't.

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Originally posted by MyKingdomForATaba2Koshari:
A-H-D-af Soueif

You keep misspelling names my dear

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But that spelling might make it easier for me to look up to the book at the U.

I wanted to know what all the commotion was about, after reading English language media articles about how awful of a woman she is, I just had to figure her out for myself.

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Originally posted by Penny:
Am currently reading A woman of Egypt by Jehan Sadat. It is her autobiography of her life with Ahwar Sadat.

Really enjoying it, add it to your list when you have finished Eye of the Sun

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A make belief one. The real story is that her husband was as corrupt as they come. She wasn't much better and probably still isn't.

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Originally posted by Automatic For The People:
A make belief one. The real story is that her husband was as corrupt as they come. She wasn't much better and probably still isn't.

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Originally posted by Penny:
Am currently reading A woman of Egypt by Jehan Sadat. It is her autobiography of her life with Ahwar Sadat.

Really enjoying it, add it to your list when you have finished Eye of the Sun

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Cool, thanks! Sounds interesting!

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Originally posted by sonomod:
Is it insane for me to admit to reading "A Daugter of Isis" by El Saadawi.

I wanted to know what all the commotion was about, after reading English language media articles about how awful of a woman she is, I just had to figure her out for myself.

Explains the Delta village complex to a 'T'.

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Wow, that book looks extremely interesting. I'm afraid I'd never heard of her, though. Thanks for the heads up.

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Originally posted by MyKingdomForATaba2Koshari:
A-H-D-af Soueif

You keep misspelling names my dear

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Sorry, didn't realize I was often misspelling people's names....you're the first to point it out.

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Originally posted by Snoozin:
I'm about to read her novel, In the Eye of the Sun. Has anyone read her work?

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Originally posted by Automatic For The People:
A make belief one. The real story is that her husband was as corrupt as they come. She wasn't much better and probably still isn't.

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Well as Jehan was the offspring of an English mother I think I will put some faith in that and continue to enjoy the book which does not read like a fairy story to me. English mothers in the 1940/50s were a tough upstanding breed and not much has changed since then.

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Originally posted by Penny:
Well as Jehan was the offspring of an English mother I think I will put some faith in that and continue to enjoy the book which does not read like a fairy story to me. English mothers in the 1940/50s were a tough upstanding breed and not much has changed since then.

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Actually she was part Maltese and spent part of her childhood in England.

Answar Sadat had a massive self-image issue due to his father marrying for socail climbing. Sadat's mother was a Sudanese women with dark skin. Whenever Sadat's father embarked on a new career approach his mother went out and found a new wife that would supply that connection to make it happen.

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Originally posted by sonomod:
Actually she was part Maltese and spent part of her childhood in England.

Answar Sadat had a massive self-image issue due to his father marrying for socail climbing. Sadat's mother was a Sudanese women with dark skin. Whenever Sadat's father embarked on a new career approach his mother went out and found a new wife that would supply that connection to make it happen.

Sadat felt being with a light skinned wife would bring him success. Unfortunatley his tactic worked.

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None of that is true according to the book, surely this lady knows her own ancestory?. Will start a new thread as would be interested to hear other opinions.

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Originally posted by Penny:
None of that is true according to the book, surely this lady knows her own ancestory?. Will start a new thread as would be interested to hear other opinions.

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I was about to bring home the book: "Autumn of Fury: Assination of Sadat".
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394531361/qid=1124153379/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-7821333-4848768?v=glance&n=507846

I was scanning in the reference section of the Wilson library and didn't get time to check it out. But I have read it before, its just time to read it again. I love Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal books.

If you dogpile.com Jahan's name you'll see she only shoots off her mouth for thousands of dollars a speaking engagment.

Don't get me wrong Sadat is from a small village outside Shebin El-Kaum. But if you look at the actual life of Sadat for what it is and all the literature he had published about him Sadat was full of himself. And so is his wife!

I mean take a look a the fact that as soon as Jahan was widowed she left Egypt. And for good reason. Most Misryans besides the elite didn't like Sadat and really resented Jahan.