Abu Lughod
Analysis of Writing Women's Worlds by Lia Adu-Lughod
Writing Women's Worlds is some stories on the Bedouin Egyptian people. In this book, thwe writer Lia Adu-Lughod's stories differ
from the conventional ones. While reading, we discover the customs and values of the Bedouin people.
We see Migdim, a dominator of the people. Even though her real age is never given, one can assume that she is at the end of her
life, maybe in her mid to late eighties. Migdim's life seems to include all the changes inside the Boudin community. Throughout the
narrative of her life, we are able to realize the life way and changes within this exclusive society.
One of the more in depth stories that Migdim told was how she refused the marriage to the man her father chose for her. It is
customary for a woman to get married to her paternal first cousin. Her female relatives made her the tent she was going to live in
and brought her some bridal gifts. Migdim refused to eat as well as covering herself......
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