How Long to Read Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 58 minutes to read Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories by Alifa Rifaat

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

“More convincingly than any other woman writing in Arabic today, Alifa Rifaat lifts the veil on what it means to be a woman living within a traditional Muslim society.” So states the translator’s foreword to this collection of the Egyptian author’s best short stories. Rifaat (1930–1996) did not go to university, spoke only Arabic, and seldom traveled abroad. This virtual immunity from Western influence lends a special authenticity to her direct yet sincere accounts of death, sexual fulfillment, the lives of women in purdah, and the frustrations of everyday life in a male-dominated Islamic environment. Translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies, the collection admits the reader into a hidden private world, regulated by the call of the mosque, but often full of profound anguish and personal isolation. Badriyya’s despairing anger at her deceitful husband, for example, or the haunting melancholy of “At the Time of the Jasmine,” are treated with a sensitivity to the discipline and order of Islam.

How long is Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories?

Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories by Alifa Rifaat is 116 pages long, and a total of 29,696 words.

This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 36% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 42 minutes to read Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories?

Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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