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First published 2023 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Rahnama, Sara, 1988– author.

Title: The future is feminist : women and social change in interwar Algeria / Sara Rahnama.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023024084 (print) | LCCN 2023024085 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501772993 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501773006 (epub) | ISBN 9781501773013 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Feminism—Algeria—History—20th century. | Muslim women—Algeria—Social conditions—20th century. | Women’s rights—Algeria—History—20th century. | Social change—Algeria—History—20th century. | Feminism—Religious aspects—Islam.

Classification: LCC HQ1791.5 .R456 2023 (print) | LCC HQ1791.5 (ebook) | DDC 305.420965—dc23/eng/20230608

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023024084

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023024085

Cover photograph: Caroline Cellier and Marc Porel in the Casbah, 1970, on the set of the film Les Aveux Les Plus Doux (The Most Gentle Confessions), directed by Edouard Molinaro. Photo by Christian SIMONPIÉTRI/Sygma via Getty Images.