From the very beginning of the book, the reader is introduced to the role of women. The reader learns that a primary role of the woman is to look after and wait on her husband. A specific example given is “She (Amina) woke up at midnight to await her husband’s return from his evening’s entertainment. Then she would serve him until he went to sleep. (Chapter 1, page 1, paragraph 2) It is also obvious that she did this every morning because “She woke at

In addition to looking after her husband, the woman also have many other important roles. For example, a wife must provide to her children as a mother, she must prepare and serve the food, teach her children numerous things including cooking “Amina directed the work herself or allowed one of her daughters to practice this craft (cooking) under her supervision.”, supervising everything in the house, and do the shopping. Women who were not married also did many of these jobs in addition to looking for a suitable husband. Slave women helped with the cooking and cleaning and also had minor jobs such as being the gatekeeper. The reader learns this in (chapter 14, page 91, paragraph 2) “The door opened and the form of a young servant girl could be seen.”

In conclusion, I believe that Naguib Mahfouz himself portrays the most important role of women best with the simple sentence “It was her (Amina) duty to obey

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