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Islamic symbols like Zamzam water and houries. Despite her connection to her eastern and Arab roots, Abu Khalid still employs a modern narrative technique that defines her as a contemporary Arab woman poet. She is considered modern due to her use of "intellectualized language is penetrated by candid self-expression." Her femininity is shown through her detailed descriptions of the female body and the discussion of child labor in her most notable poem,
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topic, she also publicly stated: "I think there is a realization by different groups, including the conservative group in Saudi Arabia, that what happened in the past, that they are the only voice in the society, will not continue, and that they have to admit and to live that there are other voices and there are other views."
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as a supporter of Saudi Arabia's ruling that women would finally be given the right to vote and stand for election in 2015. In the interview, she said: "As we say, people, they don't live only on bread, but freedom is very important element for human being to live in dignity and in equality." On the
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Fawziyya Abu Khalid's poetry is full of free verse as well as discursive strategies that represent her eastern and Arab roots. She is identified as a Saudi
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Fawziyya Abu Khalid has been criticized for writing candidly about women's bodies and for publicly paying tribute to writers. Although she was expected as a female poet to establish a persona in her work that would maintain anonymity, she instead decided to use her own voice as the speaker in her
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Fawziyya Abu Khalid is notable for being the modern poetic voice of Saudi
Arabian women. Although her early work mostly discussed social issues, she later moved on to writing about politics. In 1974, at the age of eighteen, she published her first prose poetry collection in the form of a novel
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poetry. Critics found it unacceptable for a woman to write in her own voice, and therefore ridiculed Abu Khalid. Several conservative groups attacked her political themes and thoughts on women's education and liberation, and pushed for her work to be banned in Saudi Arabia.
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poet, essayist, sociologist, and professor. Her poetry is noted for its prominent political motifs and focus on women's ability to attain education and freedom. Her literary reputation was established by the publication of her first poetry collection,
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