Loss of freedom women and man struggle to find a place in post revolutionary Egypt in Ibrahim the smell of it

Other Title(s)

غياب الحرية و دور المرأة و كفاح الإنسان لإيجاد مكان في مصر ما بعد الثورة في رواية تلك الرائحة لصنع الله إبراهيم

Author

Sarhan, Mansur Jar Allah

Source

Alandalus Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences

Issue

Vol. 7, Issue 30 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.209-231, 23 p.

Publisher

Alandalus University for Science and Technology

Publication Date

2020-06-30

Country of Publication

Yemen

No. of Pages

23

Main Subjects

History and Geography
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work

Abstract EN

This paper aims to have a glance at the ways wherein Ibrahim expresses the Cairo life with a special focus on the socio-political context of the nation in the 1960s.

Ibrahim's The Smell of It came to light at a particular moment when transformations in all fields of life were in progress: culturally, politically, and socially.

It is devoted to shed light on the Egyptian‘s life after Nasser's 1952 revolution1.

Ibrahim attempts to depict the ordinary man‘s struggle to find a place in a corrupted Egypt.

Moreover, this paper is an attempt to present the role of women in Ibrahim's The Smell of It which portrays a journey of sexual encounters and experiences as a means to show the author/protagonist‘s disconnect from his society.

Women's role in the text symbolizes the social perception and representation of women during the 1960s.

One of the goals of this paper is to show that Arab women are doubly suppressed.

In order to create some awareness of the ugliness of the society where we live, Ibrahim utilizes notions of marriage, love, and sex so as to talk about women's rights in Egypt and the Arab world in the 1960s.

I give a special focus on the stories of the three women whom the protagonist encounters in the text so as to clarify the suppression of the Arab women.

The women Ibrahim writes about are the tip of the iceberg of the many stories that are known to everyone but remain untold.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Sarhan, Mansur Jar Allah. 2020. Loss of freedom women and man struggle to find a place in post revolutionary Egypt in Ibrahim the smell of it. Alandalus Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences،Vol. 7, no. 30, pp.209-231.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1276794

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Sarhan, Mansur Jar Allah. Loss of freedom women and man struggle to find a place in post revolutionary Egypt in Ibrahim the smell of it. Alandalus Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences Vol. 7, no. 30 (Apr. / Jun. 2020), pp.209-231.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1276794

American Medical Association (AMA)

Sarhan, Mansur Jar Allah. Loss of freedom women and man struggle to find a place in post revolutionary Egypt in Ibrahim the smell of it. Alandalus Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2020. Vol. 7, no. 30, pp.209-231.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1276794

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 228-231

Record ID

BIM-1276794