Why is Assia Djebar an Important Literary Figure? [Student Presentation]

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Student Presenter: Awab Gahwat, American Cooperative School of Tunis

Date: August 21, 2023

Awab takes a deep dive into the life of Assia Djebar; an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker whose work explored the plight of women in the male-centric Arab world. He talks about who she is, why she wrote in French, and how she defended women's rights.

Awab Gahwat is a Senior at the American Cooperative School of Tunis, in Tunis. He is one of the 4 Incredible students who participated in afikra Global Connect 6th Cohort.

Sources & Future References

• Assia Djebar, Novelist Who Wrote About Oppression of Arab Women, Dies at 78 - The New York Times

• Assia Djebar: Algeria’s ‘immortal’ literary hero | Al Jazeera

• Why was Algeria a part of France and not a colony? (Short Animated Documentary) - YouTube

• French crimes in Algeria - YouTube

• Assia Djebar - interview en 1990 - YouTube

• In Memoriam: Assia Djebar (1936-2015) - YouTube

• Assia Djebar's "Algerian Quartet:" A Study in Fragmented Autobiography l JSTOR

• Language and Space in the Fiction of Assia Djebar and Leila Sebbar l JSTOR

• Writing Violence and the Violence of Writing in Assia Djebar's Algerian Quartet l JSTOR

• Assia Djebar, écrivaine et historienne (1936-2015) – Femmes savantes, femmes de science

• Assia Djebar, la jeune fille et la mort – Jeune Afrique

• L’Académie française s’offre une nouvelle querelle des genres - Finance&Gestion

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About Global Connect

afikra Global Connect is a one-of-kind 8-week course designed for high school students interested in exploring the Arab World's histories and cultures and connecting with other stellar leading students worldwide. Global Connect is supported by the University of Chicago’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies & the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

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