. . "Nationalism." . . "FICTION / Political" . . "Egypt" . . "Egypt." . "Student movements Egypt Fiction." . . "1919 - 1970" . . . "الباب المفتوح" . . . "The Open Door"@en . . . . . "Al- Bāb al-maftūḥ" . . . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . . "Bāb al-maftūḥ" . . "This novel explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of sexual and political age, in the context of the Egyptian nationalist movement preceding the 1952 revolution. It traces the pressures on young men and women of that time and class as they soughtto be free of family control."@en . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "al-Bāb al-maftūḥ" . . "Electronic books"@en . "<>" . . "<>"@ar . . . . . . . . . "The Open Door is a landmark of women's writing in Arabic. Published in 1960, it was very bold for its time in exploring a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of sexual and political age, in the context of the Egyptian nationalist movement preceding the 1952 revolution. The novel traces the pressures on young women and young men of that time and class as they seek to free themselves of family control and social expectations. Young Layla and her brother become involved in the student activism of the 1940s and early 1950s and in the popular resistance to continued imperialist rule; the story culm."@en . . . "باب المفتوح" . . . "al- Bāb al-maftūḥ" . . . . . "al-Bab al-maftuh" . "Open Door"@en . . "Arabic fiction"@ar . . . . "The open door" . "The open door"@en . . . . . . . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Middle class Egypt Fiction." . . "Middle class." . . "FICTION / General" . . "Roman Arabisch Ausgabe." . . "Novels." . . "Student movements." . . "Roman arabischer Ägypten Geschichte 20. Jh Text." . . "Nationalism Egypt Fiction." . .