another evening at the club - alifa rifaat

who wrote "another evening at the club" ?

alifa rifaat

discuss how the story explores the concepts of justice and injustice. who is treated unjustly and why? consider how samia is both a victim and perpetrator of injustice.

both women are treated unjustly. samia is forced to marry abboud, whom she barely knew. gazia is punished for "losing the ring" even though she didn't do it. samia contributes to gazia's unjustice because she told abboud that it was gazia.

how did rifaat's father react to her interests of reading and writing?

he punished her after she wrote her first short story and believed that women should not go to college

why did rifaat write under a pseudonym?

her husband did not approve of her writing and he started fights about it

"an emerald ring that came in a plush box"

illusion of an amazing lifestyle that abboud is supposed to give samia

in what ways does this story depict the difference betweeen the treatment of men and women?

men are treated with such value and respect but women have none. example - the servant is slapped

"white egrets slumbering in high branches"

peace before abboud gets home, also rich men

"floating islands of nile waterlilies"

represent samia because she has no control over her own life

what is the price that samia pays for her lifestyle?

samia loses her dignity because she gets treated with no respect by her husband. he guilts her and makes her feel nervous to show her emotions.

in what ways does this story explore social classes?

samia's father feels inferior to her husband and gets embarrased because of his job

what are rifaat's beliefs in regards to the muslim religion and the koran?

she believes that the koran is misinterpreted and wants to change the misinterpretations

why has her writing been criticized and censored in the arab world?

she discusses female sexuality and focuses on it

why do you think samia is smiling at the end?

she recognizes that abboud is telling her what to do so she mocks him and smiles about it

how does rifaat defy stereotypes of arab women?

she uses her writing to draw attention to the stereotypes of women - defies stereotype by writing

"with both hands gently patted her on the cheeks"

to show samia that she is below abboud and to treat her like a child