In Scheherazade's Footsteps: Features of the Women's Novel in the UAE

About this book

Abdel Maksoud Mohamed examines novels written by women in the United Arab Emirates, using Scheherazade as a starting point for considering storytelling and literary identity. The study discusses dramatic narration, multiple narrative voices and flashbacks, alongside the use of folklore, poetry, myth and fantasy in fiction. Its focus is on the formal choices made by women novelists and the place of their work within the Emirati novel.