Download or read book Literature, Gender, and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Egypt written by M. Hatem and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the discussion of the life and works of the prominent writer `A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and the changing gender roles of women and men contributed to the definition and/or development of a sense of community.