Book Review: Men, Women, and God(s): Nawal El Saadawi and Arab Feminist Poetics by Fedwa Malti-Douglas

Abstract A review of literature is a fundamental and essential practice in the field of research. It helps readers and researchers to understand the trends and research being carried out in similar fields of literature, literary criticism and literary theories. The researcher is aware about the research carried out in the field of feminism fiction and non-fiction. The researcher is also aware of the research work done in the area of feminism literature and feminism literary theory in different parts of the world and recognizes the multidimensional nature of the subject, who have attempted to discuss some of Nawal El Saadawi works from feminists perspective. The researcher has studied the relevant works of research and reviewed them. The researcher has reviewed the works of writers and researchers like Fedwa Malti-Douglas’ significant book “Men, Women, and God(s): Nawal El Saadawi and Arab Feminist Poetics.” The researcher attempts to study, analyse and interpret the selected works of Malti-Douglas by taking into account the major postmodern literary features and also major feminism literary themes in the selected work. This work represents a compelling act of advocacy. In this endeavor, Fedwa Malti-Douglas, already distinguished for her extensive scholarship on a diverse range of Arabic texts spanning various historical periods and contexts, deliberately engages in one of the most contentious debates within contemporary studies of the Arab and Muslim worlds: the status of Arab women as perceived both internally and externally, as well as the methods used to evaluate narratives addressing this subject.