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Last Chapter (Modern Arabic Writing) ReviewAbu Zeid's The last chapter is a realistic novel about an Arab woman's struggle in her own community. She honestly and skillfully depicts the problems of her own community like superstition, backwardness, sorcery...etc. Moreover she highlights the misinterpretations of Islam for personal interest and to dominate women. What struck me most is her efforts to reconcile modernity with Islam which maybe very odd for a western reader. As an Arab Muslim woman myself I find it possible that Muslim women can prey and fast and at the same time wear modern and western clothes. Here she depicts how religion can be viewed as a defect in an educated woman's personality. For example, in the novel a guy asks her, I heard you are religious waiting her to deny as it was a sign of backwardness but she doesn't deny instead she affirms.
Her struggle is that she tries to be modern and religious. Although this is possible at the same time its not fully accepted by everyone around and she is often misunderstood by people around her as we see through out the novel. Moreover, the narrator tells the story of Aisha, her career-orientated high school friend who prefers to be single in order to devote herself to her career. On page 151"the journalist had asked her (Aisha) whether she chosen to be single in order to devote herself to her career" "it's a big question," she said. "I could write a book on it" which leaves the novel open-ended. When Aisha appears on TV so elegant and beautiful glowing with intelligence and leading a smart discussion at the same time looks sad, the narrator's religious husband states, "A woman's kingdom is her home...I'll bet she's dying to exchange that nonsense for a husband. A Woman should learn enough to raise her children and say her prayer's." (133). then the narrator talks back defending Islam, "Where do they get these notions? A woman should learn just enough to raise her children and say her prayers? Yet the messenger of God himself, God's prayer's and peace be upon him, said, "Seeking knowledge is the religious duty of every Muslim man and woman...but men like my husband make use of whatever they can to shore up their crumbling hold on the world" (133) the latter statement shows how religion can be manipulated for personal and political ends. By that statement Abu Zeid proves herself to be one of the Islamic feminist who try to clear the image of Islam from some misconceptions rather than seeing the solution is in denying religion as some writers do.
Abu Zeid tries to argue for the misconceptions that have circumscribed Islam, as religion is a major part in the Muslims lives and can't simply be denied. Another point worth arguing is that people especially in the Muslim world often view single women as odd no matter how much they achieve, they are always viewed as having a complex and are ready to trade their success for a husband as implicit in the novel. This question of the strong single independent women is left open-ended in Abu Zeid's novel. Finally I would like to recommend this novel to anyone who wants to know about the Muslim women's lives and their community as its an honest, simple and an easy read novel
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