Author Description

Arab women were always in the Arab culture like any other culture in the world and across history, was second to man. This position was misleading, especially when both Adam and Eve sinned, both have the same physical qualities before coming to earth, and both asked for repentance for their guilt. In literature we discern that almost the majority of books written were by or on men authors. Recently in the Arab countries excellence of women talents was found through women poets, writers, and management figures. Banat Haritna by Mallaha al Khani is one of Arab genre in literature, was selected in this project as part of Ihyaa al Turath al Arabi fil Mahjar (Revival of Arab heritage in Diaspora) project supported by the Arab American Encyclopedia originated by the managing editor. The managing editor-publisher is a well known Arab American scholar, poet, and author of more than 200 books, who initiated the project as well as the Arab American Encyclopedia. Dr. Yahya resides in Michigan-USA, and has four children and ten grandchildren.