Born in 1877 in Geneva, Switzerland, Isabelle Eberhardt became a
rebel at an early age. She dressed like a man so she could have
access to areas forbidden to women, smoked in public, and
scandalized Genevan society. Already multilingual (French, German,
and Russian), she began studying Arabic language and Islamic
culture and eventually converted to Islam and joined a Qadiriyya
Sufi brotherhood. Eberhardt traveled throughout North Africa and
wrote about her experiences in short stories, journals, and
reflections. She married an Algerian and led a legendary and stormy
life that included subversive political anarchism, the mysticism of
Islam, numerous love affairs, and most importantly, writing
unmatched by her contemporaries. Writings from the Sand, Volume 1,
at once the document of a remarkable life and a literary treasure,
appears here in English for the first time. Volume 1, including
journals, diary entries, and observations of life in North Africa,
offers a view of the culture and people of French Algeria rarely
seen by outsiders-the peasants, prostitutes, mystics, criminals,
and other marginalized members of a colonized society. This
translation brings to life a brilliant woman ahead of her time
while also raising questions-about North African history,
colonialism, gender representation, and writing-that resonate in
our day.
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