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The aim of the present paper is to address the presence of women in the works of Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī. The importance of the study comes from two angles. The first is that the issue of women has become a subject of literary study since the end of the nineteenth century with the beginning of openness to modern Western thought, and this issue has become a criterion through which one can evaluate the civilized and intellectual state of society. The second angle is that Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī is a special voice in the Arabic novel because he is the only novelist who talks about the world of the Tuareg in the Libyan desert and their extension in other countries such as Algeria, Mali and Niger. Ibrāhīm al-Kūni's devoted his entire literary production to documenting the legendary and popular heritage of the Tuareg community, he is the only Tuareg novelist in the world of the Arab novel. A number of issues are present in Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī’s novels, foremost of which is the question of existence and the fate of man, and the alienation in which a person finds himself, and all of this comes through personalities who are desperate to achieve happiness in a world constrained by harsh environmental conditions. Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī's approach to the issue of women was characterized by focusing on the mythical roots of the image of women, the role it plays in that society, and its relationship to Al-Koni's questions which are related to the search for human destiny. It is clear that much of the customs, traditions and myths that founded Tuareg society are rooted in the ancient religions of the African continent, based on the bells and the myths and superstitions of the dichotomy of good and evil, to which women also contribute. Because these societies have looked at women in terms of their reproductive abilities and have become the symbol of fertility. Tuareg society deals with women from a mythical angle and still preserves in many aspects of its life the rituals of the matrilineal stage in which women have a great role, such as the transfer of the leadership of the tribe to the sons of the chief’s sister. On a realistic level, society is tolerant of romantic love relationships, but society never tolerates any romantic relationship that goes beyond what society needs from woman: As to give birth to children who will play the role of defending the tribe. For this reason, we will notice in Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī’s novels that any relationship between a man and a woman that goes beyond this condition will lead to Disaster.In fact, the image of a woman in terms of his relationship with a man is negative, because her presence in a man's life leads to a disaster. In the novels of Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī, there are references to a number of rituals, including human sacrifices to the gods. There are also a number of legends, such as the legend of Tans and her brother Atlantis, in which the Tuareg explain the depletion of water in the desert. But al-Kūnī’s confinement to Tuareg society led to a major imbalance in his novelistic world: We notice this in the repetition of a woman's image from one narration to another so that the reader can have an understanding of the image of woman in that society, in order to satisfy a narration like the Magi.

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