Project Gutenberg 2018-06-09 Public domain in the USA. 177 Pickthall, Marmaduke William 1875 1936 Pickthal, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, Mohammad Marmaduke Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, William M. Veiled Women E-text prepared by Fritz Ohrenschall, Emmanuel Ackerman, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org). Missing page images were obtained from HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/). "Veiled Women" by Marmaduke William Pickthall is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of Cairo, the story explores the lives of women in a Muslim household, focusing on the themes of love, cultural identity, and the intricacies of gender roles. The narrative is largely centered around Barakah, an English governess who becomes embroiled in the complexities of her new life as the bride of Yûsuf Bey, navigating her identity amidst a foreign culture. The opening of the novel introduces the vibrant environment of Cairo and presents the interactions among women in a wealthy household. The narrative begins with a free servant, Hind, who performs a ritual with a crow, seeking fortune and happiness among her companions. The scene evolves to reveal the dynamics of the household, including the fraught relationship between the domineering mother, Fitnah Khânum, and the English governess who becomes the object of her jealousy. As the Pasha, Muhammad Sâlih, begins to navigate the implications of marrying his son to a foreign woman, tensions arise within the household, hinting at the conflicts to come. The stage is set for Barakah's entry into a new life while confronting the cultural expectations and challenges she faces as her wedding approaches. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en British -- Egypt -- Fiction Egypt -- Fiction Harems -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels 505424 2025-06-23T03:54:51.605974 text/html 511853 2019-03-07T15:53:54 text/html 253186 2025-06-23T03:54:59.097944 application/epub+zip 258788 2025-06-23T03:54:52.754000 application/epub+zip 258788 2025-06-23T03:54:52.154977 application/epub+zip 424009 2025-06-23T03:55:04.408909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365003 2025-06-23T03:54:58.478930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354727 2022-08-25T17:44:02.514594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454604 2025-06-23T03:54:50.935982 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 454465 2020-06-15T00:19:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19551 2025-06-23T03:55:04.564896 application/rdf+xml 13075 2025-06-23T03:54:52.269951 image/jpeg 2581 2025-06-23T03:54:52.212968 image/jpeg 180388 2020-06-15T00:19:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 225759 2019-03-07T15:54:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 228111 2025-06-23T03:54:51.651984 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia