The Female Eunuch - Arabic Translation

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Series[UMA-SRE-20140053] PERMISSIONSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014005300025Scope and ContentContains: Correspondence concerning sale of rights to Al-Rahba Publishing House, Damascus, Syria, to publish an Arabic edition of The Female Eunuch, with Memorandum of Agreement dated 18 July 2013, signed by author and publisher. Greer made a present of the rights to the Syrian women who established Al-Rahba, on the condition she got a chance to see that the translation was accurate. Correspondence includes clarification of status of a earlier agreement with Al-Tanweer publishing house, with which these women were associated, the existence of an earlier Arabic "bootleg" translation, expert opinion by Michael Mumisa on the new translation, which he notes as impressive and meticulous in " Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)" and better than the "bootleg Arabic version." Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Loraine Palmer (for Germaine Greer); Matilda Forbes Watson, Aitken Alexander Associates; Michael Mumisa, University of Cambridge; Anna Watkins, Aitken Alexander Associates; Subjects: Authors and Publishers; The Female Eunuch; Copyright--translations; Foreign Rights; Publishing contracts. Relates to Item 2014.0053.00022 (earlier agreement) and Publications Item 2014.0056.00013: The Female Eunuch [Arabic] ("bootleg" copy sent to Greer by Maya Alrahabi c. 2013).Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0053 Unit 0002

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date18 July 2013-20 May 2014

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The Female Eunuch - Arabic Translation