Muslim Women
OH YESS!!! We are going to learn about the true beauty of women behind their veils.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Asmahan, The Singing Princess
The narrator in this novel talks to her readers for an entire chapter about a woman named, Asmahan, who all the Muslim women idol and respect. She was the princess of Lebanon, who was a singer and actress. She was the only woman who lived her life the way she wanted it because she looked at life as being precious every moment that she was breathing. She wore short skirts and clothing that revealed her body. The only thing in her life that she was forced into was marrying her cousin, Prince Hassan. Hassan could not take what Asmahan believed in and did, so he ended up divorcing her. The narrator compares her to another woman who never showed off her body publicly and followed all of the moral rules that were expected of women. Her name was Oum Kelthoum. Kelthoum built herself up from being a poor women and becoming famous. Here is a women that worked for what she never had in the past to be where she wanted to be and still followed what all women were suppose to do in society and she was still not respected by the other women as much as Asmahan was. This shows how amazing Asmahan was to all Muslim women because she is someone who they envy and want to be. She is someone who actually took a stand for herself and lived her life the way she wanted to live it. She had no one, not even her husbands interfere with it. Unfortunately she was assasinated. No one knows exactly what happened to her but believe that it had to do with secret agents. Others (men) say that this was her punishment for being such a disgrace. This again shows us that the men do not approve of what she does but did anyone stop her right away? If one women can accomplish her dreams, then why can't the other women in the Middle East and Arab countries do the same. If one women can make a difference, then all women can make a difference. They can all reach out for the dreams that they aspire in their lives. I believe that if more women were like Asmahan, there would be no more issues with equality between men and women in the Middle East.
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Hey Farrah =]
The other woman mentioned, did she rise to the same status if not popularity as the woman whose husband divorced her? See, I think that it was great for Asmahan to push the limits and stand up for what she believed but I think something is also to be said for the other woman who knew what to push and what to heed. It could be argued that Asmahan didn't heed her religion in the way she dressed and acted while the other woman followed most of the rules but still grew to an unheard of level for women. Does that make sense?
haha kind of. I think I know what your trying to say. Well I wonder that too but I think because Asmahan grew up differently from the rest of them and was a higher status and had money that she probably looked at it as if she had nothing to lose but a husband. I don't know if I understood it correctly and if you can try and explain it more. sorry.
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