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Egyptian newspapers began publishing poems in colloquial Arabic, called zajal, in 1956. These poems fell outside the elite literary establishment and served to popularize the Egyptian nationalist cause. They portrayed the role of workers in fighting imperialism, particularly in the Suez Crisis. Out of the zajal phenomenon grew a new element of the popular press dedicated to political satire. The occupiers of Egypt tried to suppress this element but it persists even now, though the dominant themes are now alienation and intellectual malaise.

The 'Women's press' movement in Egypt in the early 1900s proved to have been established by, written for and mostly been purchased by men who were concerned about the conditions in which women were living.

The essay is a response to Wail Hassan's article on the Book of Khalid. The author comments on the reduced readership of Book of Khalid by Ameen Rihani.

This article explores the often faint strains of autobiographical writing affixed to female signatures in Egypt as feminist discourse was emerging. Rather than focusing on discrete "autobiographies" it argues that autobiographical writing was submerged in other genres; yet these fragmentary texts provided grounding for later, more overt autobiographical writing. An analytics founded in caution, flexibility, and respect is appropriate to a time when the feminine signature itself was fluid or uncertain. Authors considered are 'A'isha Taymur, Zaynab Fawwaz, and Mayy Ziyada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]