The sketch strives to relay the ethnography beyond the monograph by proposing potential forms of circulation, drawing together certain important themes and how they might be generalizable for different interested parties, and effective manners for conveying the information via alternative modalities. By drawing together various theorists and themes mentioned in the text to audiences such as anthropologists, academics, Middle Eastern studies, and feminists, the sketch provides an opportunity for readers to determine manners in which they might apply this text to their own work. Through her assertion that the text is generalizable, audiences can gain a sense of how the cultural constructions of motherhood and women from different socio-geographic standpoints might be written about in locations other than Egypt, and include women across the borders of the nation-state and/or do not identify with a nation-state, rendering an opportunity to decolonize the literature. The proposal for other modes of expression provides an opportunity to examine more in-depth the biological aspects of the text, drawing on medical anthropology to comprehend the remedies and medicines being used to treat infertility. I appreciated this proposal, but would have liked to learn more about how Western biomedicine is brought up in the text and what the author's view is of its impact on Egyptian women. I would also be curious to learn a bit more about the actual responses of women, even if it is just a sampling, so I can get a sense of what the women themselves think of the pressures being placed on their bodies by patriarchal understandings of womanhood. Finally, I would like to know at least some of the specific theory that is being brought up in the text, as this might inform whether the audience would want to engage with this text if it fits within their interests/research projects.
