Wanna Be a Bride

I want to get married
Author Ghada Abdel Aal
Original title عايزة أتجوز
Translator Barbara Teresi "Italian", Nora Eltahawy "English", Djûke Poppinga "Dutch", Abeer Soliman "Dutch"
Country Egypt
Language Egyptian Colloquial
Series Mudawwan@al-Shuruq
Publisher Dar al-Shuruq
Publication date
 2008
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 178
ISBN 9780292723979
OCLC 304155096
LC Class HQ800.4.E3 A34 2008

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.[1][2][3][4][5] The book was published by the Egyptian printing house Shorouk in 2008.[6] 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.[7] It has also been translated into English by Nora Eltahawy, published by the University of Texas Press on 23 September 2010.[8] and it has been translated into Dutch by Djûke Poppinga & Abeer Soliman and released under the title Ik wil trouwen! by Nieuw Amsterdam.

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.[9]

.

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.[10] The book has received positive reviews and was covered in the Egyptian media in popular talk shows [11] and newspapers (e.g. Almasry Alyoum, Los Angeles Times, la Repubblica, The Independent).[12][13][14][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ Knickmeyer, Ellen (21 October 2008). "A Courtship Veteran Muses On Search for the Right Man". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Abdelhadi, Magdi (12 August 2008). "Spotlight on Egypt's marriage crisis". BBC. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Ghada Abdel Aal (28 October 2008). "Reader, I didn't marry him: blog lifts veil on match-making in Egypt". The Independent. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Lindsey, Ursula (5 November 2009). "All the single ladies". The National. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Kaaki, Lisa (30 March 2009). "From blog to best-seller". Arab News. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "دار الشروق | كتب| عايزه أتجوز". Shorouk.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  7. ↑ "Che il velo sia da sposa!". Cheilvelosiadasposa.blogspot.com. 2004-02-29. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  8. ↑ "Abdel Aal, I Want to Get Married!, University of Texas Press". Utexas.edu. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  9. ↑ Archived March 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "هند صبري تعود للدراما التليفزيونية بمسلسل أنا عايزة اتجوز". Masrawy.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  11. ↑ "رحاب و غاده و غاده في العاشرة مساء 1/3". YouTube. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  12. ↑ رولا خرسا. "عايزة اتجوز". Almasry-alyoum.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  13. ↑ "Babylon & Beyond". Los Angeles Times. 3 April 2008.
  14. ↑ "Babylon & Beyond". Los Angeles Times. 5 May 2008.
  15. ↑ "The English Pen Online World Atlas - Wanna be a bride". Penatlas.org. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  16. ↑ CCTV.com央视国际网络有限公司版权所有. "埃及剩女拒绝客厅相亲 古怪相亲术惹争议_CCTV.com_中国中央电视台". News.cctv.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
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