SOURCE: Terry, Sara. “Journey into the Heart of a Radical Arab Woman.” Christian Science Monitor (5 September 1986): B5.

In the following review of Two Women in One, Terry expresses doubt concerning the liberating aspects of Bahiah's sexual awakening, but believes that the novella offers an insightful look into the life of a young Arab woman.

The fifth and most recent volume in the Seal Press series “Women in Translation” (which includes already-published volumes of work by Danish and Norwegian female authors) comes from Nawal el-Saadawi, an Egyptian feminist, political activist, and author whose previous works include The Hidden Face of Eve, a nonfiction book on Arab women.

Her novella Two Women in One tells the story of Bahiah Shaheen, an 18-year-old Egyptian medical student and artist who rebels against the rigid social, sexual, and political standards imposed on her by the male-dominated world she lives in.

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