ALLA RICERCA DELL–ISOLA DELLE DONNE

Apstrakt

ÄžazÄ«rat an-nisÄ– (Women–s island) topic had a great success in classical wonder (a‘ÄŸÄ–ib) Arabic literature. It represents the no-where island, inhabited by women who have got power and are sexually exuberant. Who, in the end, are the product of an homosocial imagination. Among this theme a lot has been written on wÄq wÄq island, where trees grow, which fruits are women. In this paper, after presenting the subject, I will relate this medieval myth with its contemporary representation by reading the short story Maá¹­Är wÄq wÄq (WÄq wÄq airport) by Iraqi contemporary novelist DaysÄ« al-AmÄ«r.