The Wiles of Men and Other Stories

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Judging by the title of this collection of modern Egyptian short stories and fact that it parodies a series of misogynistic stories, "The Wiles of Women" A Thousand and One Nights, one might think that Salwa Bakr is advancing kind of rabidly feminist point of view. The truth of the matter, however, the woman author is dramatizing in a convincing way the plight of the echelons of Egyptian society, particularly that of women, whom she knows without having a preconceived philosophy to advance. No doubt, the plight such women is miserable and sometimes it drives them, as the stories desperate acts. -- From http://www.jstor.org (Dec. 28, 2016)