Open AccessMay Ziadeh: a Biography of Conflict
Author(s) -
Lebanese American University
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.1662
Subject(s) - highbrow , biography , atmosphere (unit) , art , history , literature , art history , geography , meteorology
From a convent atmosphere at the Visitation Sisters' School in Aintoura, Lebanon, May Ziadeh moved, at the age of 22, to the boisterous literary circles of Cairo, Egypt, in 1908. There she came in contact with highbrow Egyptian and Lebanese society.