The Fading of Yearnings for Liberation and Passage When the Bet on Love Is Lost: A Study of the Memoirs and Letters of an Arabian Princess

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Titre
The Fading of Yearnings for Liberation and Passage When the Bet on Love Is Lost: A Study of the Memoirs and Letters of an Arabian Princess
Créateur
El-Fakki El-Bashir, Abdalla
Date
2020
Résumé
Abstract
This paper presents a study of the memoirs and letters of Princess Sālima bt. Saʿīd (d. 1922), whose father, Saʿīd b. Sulṭān (d. 1856), was the ruler of Oman and Zanzibar from 1832 to 1856. One hundred and fifty years ago, the princess entered into a relationship with a young German man, Rudolph Ruete. After the princess fell pregnant, putting her in conflict with the stipulations of her Islamic religion, she decided to elope with her lover and to bet on him. The paper argues that the princess was a revolutionary woman in opposition to traditional Zanzibari culture, and that her story highlights clearly the issue of women and the crisis of freedom in Arab and Islamic culture during that time.
Langue
eng
volume
20
numéro
3
pages
230-255
Titre abrégé
Hawwa
The Fading of Yearnings for Liberation and Passage When the Bet on Love Is Lost
doi
10.1163/15692086-12341366
issn
1569-2078, 1569-2086

El-Fakki El-Bashir, Abdalla, “The Fading of Yearnings for Liberation and Passage When the Bet on Love Is Lost: A Study of the Memoirs and Letters of an Arabian Princess”, 2020, bibliographie, consulté le 21 décembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23454

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