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AAU 5.11. Feminists without Knowing? A Reading of literary texts by Egyptian Male Authors
Eleventh lecture in the Aula Árabe Universitaria 5, given by Sahar El Mougy, a novelist and professor at the University of Cairo.
Is feminist literature an arena exclusive to women writers? Is every work regarded as feminist produced by a female author who considers herself as such? Is gender the sole deciding factor in this question? Is there a need to expand the critical lens of feminism to include literature written by men, as well?
These questions, as basic as they may seem, have inspired this reading of a selection of Egyptian fiction written by men, to be conducted by Sahar El Mougy, a novelist and professor at the University of Cairo. Her conference will address the cultural context behind the texts being discussed, the interaction existing between the text and Egyptian readers, and the intentionality or unintentionality in addressing feminist issues when writing.
Organized with the cooperation of the course “Feminism, Literature and Business” held by the School of Arts and Humanities at IE University. Participating and introducing the speaker will be Celia de Anca, director of the Center for Diversity in Global Management at the aforementioned university. Moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Sahar El Mougy
Sahar El Mougy is an Egyptian novelist and academic who is currently a professor of American Studies with the English Department at the University of Cairo. Her academic interests include psychoanalytic literary criticism, trauma and memory studies, performativity and feminism. Since 2000, she has devoted her work to writing short stories, first as a writer/actor, and later as an educator and director in short storytelling. She also gives creative writing courses and directs psychodramas. Her most recent passion is studying yoga. She has authored two short story collections (Sayedat Almanam or the Dream Woman, in 1998, and Aliha Saghira or Little Gods, in 2003) and several novels (Daria, in 1999; Nuun, in 2007 and Mesk Eltall or The Musk of the Hill, in 2017). The last two of these were given awards in 2007 and 2018, the Cafavy Award and the Sawiris Literary Award for best novel, respectively.
*Photo: Javier Lastras on Flickr.
Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/feminists-without-knowing-a-reading-of-literary-texts-by-egyptian-male-authors
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By Casa ÁrabeEleventh lecture in the Aula Árabe Universitaria 5, given by Sahar El Mougy, a novelist and professor at the University of Cairo.
Is feminist literature an arena exclusive to women writers? Is every work regarded as feminist produced by a female author who considers herself as such? Is gender the sole deciding factor in this question? Is there a need to expand the critical lens of feminism to include literature written by men, as well?
These questions, as basic as they may seem, have inspired this reading of a selection of Egyptian fiction written by men, to be conducted by Sahar El Mougy, a novelist and professor at the University of Cairo. Her conference will address the cultural context behind the texts being discussed, the interaction existing between the text and Egyptian readers, and the intentionality or unintentionality in addressing feminist issues when writing.
Organized with the cooperation of the course “Feminism, Literature and Business” held by the School of Arts and Humanities at IE University. Participating and introducing the speaker will be Celia de Anca, director of the Center for Diversity in Global Management at the aforementioned university. Moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Sahar El Mougy
Sahar El Mougy is an Egyptian novelist and academic who is currently a professor of American Studies with the English Department at the University of Cairo. Her academic interests include psychoanalytic literary criticism, trauma and memory studies, performativity and feminism. Since 2000, she has devoted her work to writing short stories, first as a writer/actor, and later as an educator and director in short storytelling. She also gives creative writing courses and directs psychodramas. Her most recent passion is studying yoga. She has authored two short story collections (Sayedat Almanam or the Dream Woman, in 1998, and Aliha Saghira or Little Gods, in 2003) and several novels (Daria, in 1999; Nuun, in 2007 and Mesk Eltall or The Musk of the Hill, in 2017). The last two of these were given awards in 2007 and 2018, the Cafavy Award and the Sawiris Literary Award for best novel, respectively.
*Photo: Javier Lastras on Flickr.
Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/feminists-without-knowing-a-reading-of-literary-texts-by-egyptian-male-authors