Mohammed Hussein Haikal’s Zainab

…a novel, Zaynab (English translation: Mohammed Hussein Haikal’s Zainab), by “a peasant Egyptian.” It presents the reader with a thoroughly nostalgic picture of the Egyptian countryside, which serves as the backdrop for the fervent advocacy of the need for women’s education. The author, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal, had written the work…