Abouzeid Discussion Questions
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Discussion questions for "Year of the Elephant" by Leila Abouzeid:
- What do you think is the significance of the title: Year of the Elephant?
- What kind of relationship is imagined by our protagonist between Rahma and magic?
- What role does popular religion (represented by shaykhs to a great extent) play in women’s lives?
- What kind of a tension is set up in the novel between authenticity and foreign mores?
- Discuss these following themes in the context of the novel:
- Property and women’s right
- Author’s ambivalence towards her mother
- Consequences of childlessnes
- Independence and nationalism - effects on women in particular
- eloquence and illiteracy
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Afsaruddin, A. (2007, July 26). Abouzeid Discussion Questions. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/women-in-islamic-societies/lecture-and-study-materials/abouzeid-discussion-questions.
