Translating Nouzha Fassi Fihri's La Baroudeuse: A Case Study in ...

First of all, I think that the cultural geographical context would be very interesting
because it's a view of Morocco and Moroccans that we don't usually see and
there's a lot of cold, rain, and stormy nights that Abouzeid does very well. And in
terms of the story line itself, I was impressed by it, and I would assume that it was
a surprising story line to Americans in the sense that there is a woman who is so
active and at the same time, what's the right word, deeply religious and politically
active. I just thought it was something American stereotypes don't show. So I
liked that it ran against stereotypes of a Muslim woman. Certainly, I was happy to
do it. (. . .) I thought it was useful to show the viewpoint of an Islamic feminist.
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