Zaynab Sadriyeva
Zainab may refer to: * ''Zaynab'' (novel) or ''Zaynab: Country Scenes and Moral'', considered the first modern Egyptian novel, published 1913 *Zaynab (name) Zaynab, also spelled as Zainab, Zayneb, Zeinab, Zenab, Zineb, Zinab, Zynab, Zaineb, Zaneb, Zaynob ( ar, زينب, ) is an Arabic female given name meaning "a fragrant flower". Zaynab is the name of a daughter and a granddaughter of the Islamic pr ...

Zaynab (novel)
Muhammad Husayn Haykal's novel ''Zaynab'' ( ), published in 1913, is often considered to be the "first" Arabic novel. The full title is ''Zaynab: Country Scenes and Morals'' (). The book depicts life in the Egyptian countryside and delves into the traditional romantic and marital relationships between men and women and the interactions between the laboring cotton worker and plantation owner classes. Haykal, son of rural land owners himself, had spent considerable time in France, where he was studying to be a lawyer, and it was actually at this point that he wrote ''Zaynab'' in 1911. Notably in the first publication, the author chose the pseudonym ''Masri Fallah'' ("An Egyptian Rustic"), which perhaps underlines the lack of prestige attached to the genre at the time of his writing. Plot introduction Originally intended to be a short story, Haykal found that his work had more mileage than he had first appreciated, becoming a full novel in three parts. The story deals with a beautif ...
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