Umm Aktham

Fatimah Turki
Fatimah Turki
Born	1953 (age 72–73)
Occupation	writer

Fatimah Abdullah al Turki (فاطمة عبد الله التركي, born 1953) is a Qatari writer, who has written under the pseudonym Umm Aktham( أمّاأكثم ) or Sarah(سارة) in the 1970s and 1980s.

Styles and political views

In her writing, she sometimes attacked Arabic society for its disadvantages to women, but did not aspire a western liberal model. Critics describe how her writing highlights contradictions and contrasts, between reality and imagination, internal and external worlds, life and death, riches and poverty.

Works

Winter of the Eskimo (1978, شتاء الاسكيمو)
'Yawmiyat fi-l-manfa (يوميات في المنفى, Memoirs in exile)', in Layla Salih, ed., Adab al-mar ah fi al-Jazirah wa al-Khalij al-Arabi(Women's literature at the Arabian peninsula and Arabian gulf), 1983, pp. 266–74

References

1 2 Miriam Cooke (1992). "Arab Women Writers". Modern Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 448. ISBN 978-0-521-33197-5.
↑ Akhmedova, Shakhlo Irgashbaevna (2022). "THE ISSUE OF WOMEN'S PLACE IN THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY IN THE CREATION OF GULF ARAB COUNTRIES' LITERATURE". Oriental Renaissance: Innovative, Educational, Natural and Social Sciences. 2 (12): 1174–1179. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
↑ الادب العربي الحديث. النادي الادبي الثقافي. 2002. p. 634. ISBN 978-9960-757-33-9.
1 2 Ghazoul, Ferial; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna; Ashour, Radwa, eds. (2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9781617975547. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
↑ Yazıcı, Hüseyin (2004). The short story in modern Arabic literature. General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 188. ISBN 9789770193280. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
↑ "المرأة القطرية في فضاءاتها الإبداعية". Archived from the original on 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2022-11-15.

External links

Archive of her work in arabic

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[Cooke1992-1] 1 2 Miriam Cooke (1992). "Arab Women Writers". Modern Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 448. ISBN 978-0-521-33197-5.

[Akhmedova-2] Akhmedova, Shakhlo Irgashbaevna (2022). "THE ISSUE OF WOMEN'S PLACE IN THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY IN THE CREATION OF GULF ARAB COUNTRIES' LITERATURE". Oriental Renaissance: Innovative, Educational, Natural and Social Sciences. 2 (12): 1174–1179. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

[3] الادب العربي الحديث. النادي الادبي الثقافي. 2002. p. 634. ISBN 978-9960-757-33-9.

[Ghazoul_et_al-4] 1 2 Ghazoul, Ferial; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna; Ashour, Radwa, eds. (2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9781617975547. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

[Yazıcı-5] Yazıcı, Hüseyin (2004). The short story in modern Arabic literature. General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 188. ISBN 9789770193280. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

[6] "المرأة القطرية في فضاءاتها الإبداعية". Archived from the original on 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2022-11-15.