Issa Ebeid

Classic Short Fiction: Issa Ebeid’s ‘Lady Ihsan’

September 29, 2025

In this classic short fiction from 1920, Issa Ebeid depicts a twice-divorced Egyptian woman as she examines the reasons society has made a happy, loving marriage impossible.

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