HUDA SHAARAWI (1879-1947) was among the last generation of Egyptian women to live in the segregated world of the harem. Her feminist activism grew out of her involvement in Egypt's nationalist struggle, and led to her founding of the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923.
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Readings and panel discussion for KISSING THE SWORD
Medea Benjamin makes Obama listen!!!
Book launch and panel discussion for SAVAGE COAST
Paradigm Shift Presents Mental Health Care: A Painful Legacy and Today's Crisis
FP author MONIKA ZGUSTOVA reads from GOYA'S GLASS
FP author BARBARA HAMMER awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Tristan Taormino discusses THE FEMINIST PORN BOOK with Joy Behar
Zoe Wicomb Wins Prestigious New Prize
NOW IN NOVEMBER part of the Pulitzer Remix
NOW IN NOVEMBER is one of 85 novels participating in the Pulitizer Remix (www.pulitzerremix.com).
Selected FP Titles now available from AUDIBLE
FP authors AMY RICHARDS and GLORIA STEINEM talk about Makers: The Women Who Make America
HELENE AYLON reads from WHATEVER IS CONTAINED MUST BE RELEASED in West Palm Beach and Kansas City
Anti-Apartheid Leader Forms New Party in South Africa
NEA Grant will help fund the digitization of 15 Feminist Press classics, and the publication of three extraordinary literary works: Savage Coast by Muriel Rukeyser, Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir by Shahrnush Parsipur, and The Silent Woman by Monika Zgustova.
FP author MERLE HOFFMAN on Booktv
Cristy C. Road in Bitch Mag online!
Justin Vivian Bond in the New York Times Style Section!
FP authors JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND and LAURIE WEEKS score at the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards!
FP Founder FLORENCE HOWE Honored Among New York's Women Leaders
FP Founder Florence Howe featured in exhibit at the New York State Capitol!
