Women Between Alienation and Rebellion in the Stories of Wadad Sakakini

Abstract

The writer and storyteller Wadad Sakakini is one of the female authors who adopted the theme of defending women's rights. She was influenced by the Arab reality and the injustices and oppression experienced by women, which led her to reflect these situations in her story collections. Sakakini undertook the project of defending women's rights, highlighting the full social, religious, political, and cultural identities that had been stripped away from them. She exposed the restrictions imposed on women in a male-dominated society that viewed them with contempt and belittlement. Consequently, women began to rebel against the social and political reality that subjected them to oppression and injustice. They became voices that were heard and respected in all circles, producing educated, intellectual, and literary women who influenced society with their literary works in various fields.