New Book for final paper

I was very puzzled as to what to read that would compliment my other works. I wanted something that had to do with women, and I also wanted to do something that was different from what I had read. I picked up Midaq Alley, by Mahfouz, and got about 40 pages into it. It was about a dwon-trodden alleyway in Cairo during the second world war. It was interesting enough....the main female character, Hamida, was a "tease" of a woman, and liked playing with the minds of men. She ended up becoming a prostitute, and I really did not enjoy the way the story was going.

So, I switched to Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber, which was a mistake, because every page held a new chapter, and it was somewhat hard to follow and not particularly pertaining to women from what I saw.

So, my final paper is going to be on...*dun dun dun* on Embroideries. I think it will be good. It is going to be completely on female viewpoint and sexuality or so says Dray and Trisha. But I do feel like it is going to be good. I want to base my final paper on women and some point on them. We will see what develops.