Wish I'm a woman (novel)
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Wish I’m a woman, is a novel published in 2008 by Abdullah Zayed, a Saudi journalist and novelist, It drew the attention of Saudi Arabia's cultural communities and readers, who, according to press sources, were keen to read it in adjacent countries or purchase it online.[1] when it was banned from the Saudi market.[2]
Plot[edit]
The novel's plot revolve around a character who is a powerful man in his community, goes on a desert fishing trip, but he is about to die from intensity of thirst, then he recalls his memories, including his attitudes toward women as a former official who used his position to suppress any right of women, including his daughters.[3] Later, he was startled to learn that his daughters, whom he had been ostracizing and marginalizing, were the ones who had sought for him in in the desert with a woman who lived in the desert, while his male sons were in total absence.[1]
Some of the titles included in the novel when while narrating events: Nojoud's first case, Blood for a Living, now that I am raving, struggling the hard way, mind the last battle.[4]
Prevention[edit]
| Author | Abdullah Zayed |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 28th january 2008 |
| Pages | 71 |
while the novel was shared in a number of regional book fairs including the Abu Dhabi and Bahrain Book Fair, but the novel was not authorized to be shared in Riyadh Book Fair.[5] Since its release, it has received mixed feedback in Saudi Arabia, where it was disapproved for its title "Wish I'm a Woman". Some interpreted that the writer calls to transform sex from a male to a female, and some considered it a "sexual novel".[1]
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture and Media has prohibited the novel's admission and circulation on its territory. Novelist Abdullah Zayed, filed a complaint with his country's Human Rights Authority, demanding intervention and aid to rectify what he saw as an injustice against the Saudi Ministry.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "twǧh bškwā ēlā hyʾẗ ḥqwq ālānsān....wā yāʾml fy tdẖl wzyr ālāʿlām/mōʾlf lytny ēmrāʾā: āzdwāǧyāẗ ālmʿāyyr mnʿt rwāyty fy ālsʿwdyā". العربية (in العربية). 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "mōʾlf "lytny ēmrʾā": āzdwāǧyẗ ālmʿāyyr mnʿt rwāyty fy ālsʿwdyā".
- ↑ "tqryr "ālʿrbyā" nt ālāsbwʿy llktāb/ "lytny āmrʾā" rwāyā sʿwdyā mmnwʿā ytmnā bṭlhā ān yṣbḥ āmrʾā". العربية (in العربية). 2008-03-24. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "ǧrydāẗ ālryāḍ/ rwāyāẗ lytny āmrāʾā lʿbdāllh zāyēd". web.archive.org. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "lytny āmrʾā...llkātb ālsʿwdy ʿbdāllh zāyd/ rwāyā sʿwdyā ytmnā bṭlhā ān yṣbḥ āmrʾā" (PDF). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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