To browse Academia. This paper explores the dynamics of prostitution in al-Mahalla al-Kubra during the first half of the 20th century, a period marked by the tension between colonial regulations and local customs. It argues that while the state attempted to impose public morals through legal frameworks, the local community negotiated these regulations based on economic needs and social realities, resulting in a complex interplay of acceptance and resistance.
Prostitution persisted despite official nationalist discourses aimed at 'purifying' society, revealing the discrepancies between legal statutes and the lived experiences of the townspeople. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Woman's Prostitution in Algiers during the Ottoman period Middle East Studies Association annual conference, A la lid.
The Boom Femenino in Mexico. Reading Contemporary Womens Writting, Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. The eleven-year-old pioneer worker Fikri al-Khuli headed to this red light district in his irst weekend in the town in along with three adult co-workers and two of his boyhood friends. Despite their moral upbringing that condemned adulterous women to death, they felt deeply sorry for a woman who made her living selling her body to as many men as possible every night, and then had to give the greater share of her earnings to her madam.
Her story about a deceptive ex-lover, and her subsequent light from her village, hushed up their condemnation.
Contrary to the unlicensed prostitution outside it, al-Khubiza did not generate strong rejection among the townsfolk and brought individuals from all social statuses to one place. Al-Khubiza was the meeting point of Christians and Muslims, the rich and the poor, the notables and the rabble, outlaws and law-enforcers.
