Fawzia Assaad (; born 1929) is an Egyptian novelist writing in

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Life

Fawzia Assaad was born in

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. Educated at French schools, she gained a doctorate in philosophy in

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. Her autombiographical novel ''L'Égyptienne'' (1975) portrays the effects of the

1952 Egyptian revolution The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état () and the 23 July Revolution (), was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt. On 23 July 1952, the revolution began with the toppling of King ...

and the

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on an Egyptian Coptic woman.

Works

* ''L'Égyptienne: roman''. Paris: Mercure de France, 1975. Translated into English as ''Layla, an Egyptian woman'', Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press, 2004. * ''Préfigurations égyptiennes de la pensée de Nietzsche : essai philosophique''. Laussane: L'Age d'homme, 1986. * ''Des enfants et des chats''. Lausanne: P.-M. Favre, 1987. * ''La grande maison de Louxor: roman''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1992. * ''Hatshepsout, femme pharaon: biographie mythique''. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. With a preface by

Michel Butor Michel Butor (; 14 September 1926 – 24 August 2016) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator. Life and work Michel Marie François Butor was born in Mons-en-Barœul, a suburb of Lille, the third of seven chil ...

. * ''Hatshepsout, Akhenaton, Néfertiti: pharaons hérétiques''. Paris : Geuthner, impr. 2007 * ''Préfigurations égyptiennes des dogmes chrétiens''. Paris: Geuthner, 2013.

References

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