"Sabriya" and "The Open Door"

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This paper examines how authors al-Zayyat and Idilbi represent the war for independence through their protagonists in their novels, "Sabriya" and "The Open Door," respectively. It looks at how they present the role of women in Middle Eastern society as a contrast to Sabriya and Layla's passion to fight for their country's justice and how these characters are used to represent the universal struggle of women in finding their social identity.

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"The term "post-colonial identity" indicates that a new identity is born when an individual becomes detached from the nation that he or she was once ruled by. However, there are several limitations to this freedom, in both post-nationalization and during the struggle. A woman may be respected for her courage to fight for the independence of her colony, but would also be expected by the men to know her place in society and respect the limits that men set out for her. Once this intangible "freedom" is granted by a nation, what happens? Where does a woman go from here? She must still obey the rules of society, and must be reminded of that throughout her struggle."

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