Original title عايزة أتجوز Series Mudawwan@al-Shuruq Publication date 2008 Originally published 2008 Page count 178 Country Egypt | Publisher Dar al-Shuruq ISBN 9780292723979 OCLC 304155096 | |
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Translator Barbara Teresi "Italian", Nora Eltahawy "English", Djûke Poppinga "Dutch", Abeer Soliman "Dutch" | ||
Wanna be a bride (Egyptian Arabic: عايزة أتجوز; [ˈʕæjzæ (ʔæ)tˈɡæwːez]) alternately translated as Wanna-B-A-Bride or literally: I Want to Get Married is the title of a popular Egyptian book based on a blog of the same name about the several (failed) marriage proposals the author Ghada Abdel Aal has gone through. The book was published by the Egyptian printing house Shorouk in 2008. It has been translated into Italian by Barbara Teresi and released under the title Che il velo sia da sposa! by the Italian printing house Epoché Edizioni. It has also been translated into English by Nora Eltahawy, published by the University of Texas Press on 23 September 2010. and it has been translated into Dutch by Djûke Poppinga & Abeer Soliman and released under the title Ik wil trouwen! by Nieuw Amsterdam.
Contents
The book has a comic tone and addresses the author's thoughts and feelings during each failed marriage proposal that she has received. The book also covers the issue of the late age of marriage in Egypt due to economic reasons.
The author
Ghada Abdel Aal (born 21 December 1978, El-Mahalla El-Kubra) works as a pharmacist. She introduces herself on her blog as
a representative of 15 million females from 25 to 35 years who are pressured by the society everyday to get married even though this matter is out of their hands.
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She also wrote the screenplay of 2 TV series.
Reception
Both the book and the blog are popular among young Egyptians (both males and females). A TV series starring Hend Sabri was made in 2010. The book has received positive reviews and was covered in the Egyptian media in popular talk shows and newspapers (e.g. Almasry Alyoum, Los Angeles Times, la Repubblica, The Independent).