Asma Halim (1921–2003) was an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Work
Halim often used "autobiographical styles and techniques" in her writing and was critical of cultural practices, such as
polygamy.
Hoda Elsadda
Hoda Elsadda is Chair in the Study of the Contemporary Arab World at the University of Manchester. She serves as Co-Director of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) in the UK, Associate Editor of the Online Edition of the '' ...
describes how Halim worked on ''Hikayat 'Abdu 'Abd al-Rahman'' (1977) and wrote it as if it was a memoir, taking dictation from a fictional person. The story involves the life of 'Abdu, who is a working class person living in poverty who is oppressed in many different ways.
Hanan Hammad, on the other hand, believes another interpretation of the novel, ''Hikayat,'' where Halim is the editor of a story
dictated to her.
Halim also worked as a journalist.
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1921 births
2003 deaths
Egyptian women writers
Egyptian women journalists