The following project is the fruition of a number of long-standing interests developed both in undergraduate and graduate studies. While pursuing my undergraduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, I focused primarily upon Literature and Women’s Studies. During the course of my studies for a Masters in Humanities at Dominican College in San Rafael, I continued to focus on the Middle East by writing term papers for many of my classes on Middle Eastern themes relating to the class as a whole. When the time came for me to choose a topic for my master’s thesis, I endeavored to create a project that could incorporate all of my areas of interest. It was no easy task to figure out a way to include not only Middle Eastern History and Women’s Studies, but also Art and Literature. With some pondering ' came up with the following project: a rewriting of a story from the Thousand and One Nights featuring a female hero which I would then illustrate and accompany with an historical introduction. I intended to create a book that would be ready for publication and suitable for audiences aged eight to twelve. As feminist fairy tales from around the world have recently been popularized, I hope to contribute to the genre with a Middle Eastern tale that could help dispel the myth of the shrouded helpless Middle Eastern woman. After reading through the many tales in the Nights, I found my perfect female hero in the very last story I read: The Story of Jullanar of the Sea. Re-writing the tale was a far more demanding task than I ever imagined, and illustrating it even more time-consuming, but the results are, for me, very rewarding. To complete the project that at first seemed so unwieldy has been a real gift, and one that I could not have accomplished without the help and support of Dr. Leslie Ross, Sr. Patricia Dougherty, and my mother, Amina Al-Jamal.
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With some pondering ' came up with the following project: a rewriting of a story from the <em>Thousand and One Nights</em> featuring a female hero which I would then illustrate and accompany with an historical introduction. I intended to create a book that would be ready for publication and suitable for audiences aged eight to twelve. As feminist fairy tales from around the world have recently been popularized, I hope to contribute to the genre with a Middle Eastern tale that could help dispel the myth of the shrouded helpless Middle Eastern woman. After reading through the many tales in the <em>Nights</em>, I found my perfect female hero in the very last story I read: <em>The Story of Jullanar of the Sea</em>. Re-writing the tale was a far more demanding task than I ever imagined, and illustrating it even more time-consuming, but the results are, for me, very rewarding. To complete the project that at first seemed so unwieldy has been a real gift, and one that I could not have accomplished without the help and support of Dr. Leslie Ross, Sr. Patricia Dougherty, and my mother, Amina Al-Jamal.</p>","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Al-Jamal, Huda"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Master of Arts","degree_level":"Master's Thesis","degree_discipline":"Humanities","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Leslie Ross, PhD","Patricia Dougherty, OP, PhD"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1999,"date_issued":"1999-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"1999-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T02:05:59Z","subjects":["Humanities","Arts and Humanities"],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/211","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Leslie Ross, PhD","Patricia Dougherty, OP, PhD"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Al-Jamal, Huda"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Humanities"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Master's Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Arts"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Humanities","Arts and Humanities"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/211"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["The following project is the fruition of a number of long-standing interests developed both in undergraduate and graduate studies. While pursuing my undergraduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, I focused primarily upon Literature and Women’s Studies. During the course of my studies for a Masters in Humanities at Dominican College in San Rafael, I continued to focus on the Middle East by writing term papers for many of my classes on Middle Eastern themes relating to the class as a whole. When the time came for me to choose a topic for my master’s thesis, I endeavored to create a project that could incorporate all of my areas of interest. It was no easy task to figure out a way to include not only Middle Eastern History and Women’s Studies, but also Art and Literature. With some pondering ' came up with the following project: a rewriting of a story from the Thousand and One Nights featuring a female hero which I would then illustrate and accompany with an historical introduction. I intended to create a book that would be ready for publication and suitable for audiences aged eight to twelve. As feminist fairy tales from around the world have recently been popularized, I hope to contribute to the genre with a Middle Eastern tale that could help dispel the myth of the shrouded helpless Middle Eastern woman. After reading through the many tales in the Nights, I found my perfect female hero in the very last story I read: The Story of Jullanar of the Sea. Re-writing the tale was a far more demanding task than I ever imagined, and illustrating it even more time-consuming, but the results are, for me, very rewarding. To complete the project that at first seemed so unwieldy has been a real gift, and one that I could not have accomplished without the help and support of Dr. Leslie Ross, Sr. Patricia Dougherty, and my mother, Amina Al-Jamal.
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