WITMonth Day 16 - Spotlight on Northern Africa

Jumping around continents a bit, but it's definitely time to broaden our horizons a bit. Let's see what Northern Africa's women have to offer, shall we? Note: This list contains books translated from several different languages, as befits such a broad and diverse geographic region.

• Leila Abouzeid (Morocco)
• Rita El Khayat (Morocco)
• Mririda n’Ait Attik (Morocco)
• Malika Oufkir (Morocco)
• Amina Said (Tunisia)
• Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt)
• Radwa Ashour (Egypt)
• Hala El Badry (Egypt)
• Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Egypt)
• Alifa Rifaat (Egypt)
• Maïssa Bey (Algeria)
• Assia Djebar (Algeria)
• Malika Mokeddem (Algeria)
• Ahlam Mosteghanemi (Algeria)
• Leïla Sebbar (Algeria)

As always, this list is woefully incomplete and narrow. As always, compiling this list made me realize how many writers are not translated (and I'll talk about this a bit more in depth later in the month). But once again I find myself thinking, "Well, at least it's a place to start." So... onward we march.