Agent Eve(s) in Moroccan Postcolonial Literature

This monograph explores female agency in Moroccan postcolonial literature through the works of Fatima Mernissi, Leila Abouzeid, Laila Lalami, Najat El Hachmi, and Aicha Ech-Channa.

These influential writers give voice to Moroccan women’s experiences across generations, tracing their roles as literary, social, and political agents of change from the decolonization period to the Arab Spring and beyond. Writing in both French and English, these authors defy the ideological and patriarchal struc...