The truth sometimes shocks: Dismissal, censorship and imprisonment have not deterred this champion of the cause of women and critic of Arab society

Abstract

Short story about a village girl's wedding night by a leading Egyptian champion of women's rights ‘Isn't the man who slaughters his sinned sister the same who makes sin with the sisters of men? Isn't the wolf who fools the innocent child the same as the father who locks and ties up his daughter? Isn't the man who is unfaithful to his wife the same man tho kills his wife to protect his honour? Isn't the wife who is unfaithful to her husband the same woman who gossips about other women? Isn't the society that broadcasts the love songs the same society that puts the noose around everyone that falls in love?’