Born into the Ottoman Muslim elite, Zeyneb Hanoum and her sister Melek Hanoum were given a Western-style education by their progressive father, who expected them subsequently to live the segregated lives of Ottoman ladies. Rebelling, the sisters arranged to meet the French author Pierre Loti and collaborated with him on his famous book Les Desenchantees/The Disenchanted in the hope that harnessing European intellectual support would speed up Ottoman social reform. Fleeing Istanbul in 1906 for fear of imperial reprisals, the sisters traveled in disguise to Europe, hoping to find "freedom" in...
Born into the Ottoman Muslim elite, Zeyneb Hanoum and her sister Melek Hanoum were given a Western-style education by their progressive father, who ex...
This book challenges Orientalist stereotypes by exposing the cultural and political agency of Ottoman Muslim women. It also explores engagements between Eastern and Western women at the fin de siecle.
This book challenges Orientalist stereotypes by exposing the cultural and political agency of Ottoman Muslim women. It also explores engagements betwe...
