Full Description
Providing new information on women's participation in the Moroccan independence movement, Voices of Resistance offers a rare opportunity to hear Moroccan women speak freely about their personal lives. Each woman is introduced in terms of her family background and personal style, and the interviews are given texture and context by references to Moroccan history and popular culture, including contemporary songs and poems. These women are storytellers, and they lived through stirring times. Their active struggle against French colonialism also challenged and redefined traditional Moroccan ideas about women's roles in society. The narratives reconstruct the little-known history of Moroccan feminism and nationalism, and probe the lives of a remarkable group of Islamic women whose voices have never been heard until now.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I: Introduction
1. Oral History in Morocco
2. Nationalism and Feminism in Moroccan History
3. Colonialism, Conflict, and Independence
Part II: Nationalist Women
4. Fez and the Nationalist Women
5. Malika El Fassi: Foremother of the Modern Women's Movement
6. Zhor Lazraq: Fez, the Next Generation
7. Rqia Lamrania and Fatima Benslimane Hassar: The Free School Movement in Salé
8. Oum Keltoum El Khatib: Casablanca
9. Amina Leuh and Khadija Bennouna: Nationalist Education and Politics in Tetouan
Part III: Women in the Armed Resistance
10. Casablanca and the Women of the Armed Resistance
11. Fatna Mansar: Casablanca
12. Saadia Bouhaddou: Casablanca
13. Ghalia Moujahide: Rabat
14. Aicha and Mina Senhaji: Co-wives of a Resistance Leader
15. Zohra Torrichi and Rabiaa Taibi: Oujda
Part IV: Conclusion
16. Conclusion
Appendix A: Notes on Methodology
Apendix B: Chronology of Events Mentioned in the Oral Histories
Appendix C: Glossary of Moroccan Arabic and French Terms
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
