Aisha Abd al-Rahman
Aisha Abd al-Rahman | |
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Domyat, Khedivate of Egypt | |
Died | 1 December 1998 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 85)
Pen name | Bint al-Shati |
Aisha Abd al-Rahman (Arabic: عائشة عبد الرحمن; 18 November 1913 – 1 December 1998) (ʻĀʾishah ʻAbd al-Raḥman) was an Egyptian author, editor and professor of literature who published under the pen name Bint al-Shāṭiʾ[Daughter of the Riverbank] (بِنْت ٱلشّاطِئ).
Life and career
She was born on 18 November 1913 in
In 1942, Aisha began work as an Inspector for teaching of Arabic literature for the Egyptian Ministry of Education. She earned her PhD with distinction in 1950 and was appointed Professor of Arabic Literature at the University College for Women of the Ain Shams University.[2]
She wrote fiction and biographies of early Muslim women as well as
During her lifetime, ʻĀʾishah ʻAbd al-Raḥman was recognised for her achievements, which earned her several awards. In 1987, she received the State Award from the Egyptian government. In 1994, she was the co-winner-along with Widād Al-Qāḍī- of King Faisal International Award for Arabic Literature.[5]
She was married to Sheik
She donated all her library to research purposes, and in 1985 a statue was built in her honor in Cairo.Selected bibliography
The author of "more than forty books and one hundred articles",[7] her notable publications include:
- The Egyptian Countryside (1936)
- The Problem of the Peasant (1938)
- Secret of the Beach and Master of the Estate: The Story of a Sinful Woman (1942)
- New Values in Arabic Literature (1961)
- Contemporary Arab Women Poets (1963)
References
- ^ "Obituary: Aisha Abdul-Rahman". The Independent. 1998-12-15. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ Larousse Dictionary of Women, edited by Melanie Parry, Larousse, 1996
- ^ Arab Women Novelists: The Formative Years and Beyond by Joseph T. Zeidan, State University of New York Press, 1995
- ^ Zaydān, Jūzīf. Maṣādir al-adab al-nisāʾī fī al-ʻālam al-ʻArabī al-ḥadīth: 1800-1996, Volume 2. Second Edition. Beruit: al-Muʾassasah al-ʻArabīyah lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Nashr, 2013 (p1194)
- ^ Associated Press (December 2, 1998) Prominent Egyptian Islamic writer, Abdul-Rahman dies at 85.
- ^ Philip Mattar, Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa: A-C, Macmillan Reference USA (2004), p. 475