"Beware men, they are all wild animals": Arabic feminist literature: Challenge, fight, and repudiation

In his study "'Beware men, they are all wild animals': Arabic feminist literature: Challenge, fight, and repudiation," Ibrahim Taha argues that many Arab women writers have in recent years demonstrated a willingness to go on the offensive, rather than maintain the submissive image they have normally been associated with for a long time. One can certainly identify a new trend in women's literature, which thematically and aesthetically accords with the fundemental views of the world feminist movement. The key concepts of this trend are challenge, fight, and repudiation, which can be formulated as follows: challange, the fundemental intention, is translated into action, which means an aggressive fight that leads to the repudiation of many social, religious, and sexual taboos. In respect of themes, the young generation of Arab women writers seems ready to challenge patriarchal system vehemently and to combat social and religious norms and rules.