‘Egalia’s Daughters’: A satirical novel about gender differences and discrimination (Book review)

Zalmay Kave authored this review for the Zan Times in Persian, and it was translated into English by Rustam Seerat.

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We find ourselves in a world in which the Islamic gender apartheid regime of the Taliban is relentlessly erasing the very existence of women’s humanity in Afghanistan. They’ve issued numerous misogynist orders against women and those orders are issued from male criminals with titles such as emir, mullah, mohtaseb, and Talib. They have created a terrifyingly oppressive religious space designed to eradicate women’s fundamental rights. They claim to be representatives of God’s rule, and yet they prey upon women.

I intend to examine the dark aspects of the darkness prevailing in Afghanistan by looking at the groundbreaking novel, “Egalia’s Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes,” which was written in 1977 by a Norwegian author and feminist, Gerd Brantenberg.

This novel’s portrayal of absolute gender dominance helps us view gender discrimination and inequalities through the lenses of female protagonists. By shifting social roles, this novel vividly demonstrates that behind a wall of gender discrimination hides a regime that has established gender…