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	Info Abouzeid Discussion Questions Document Actions 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 Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Afsaruddin, A. (2007, July 26). Abouzeid Discussion Questions. Retrieved November 07, 2009, 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.