Women have played a significant role in the social and political events of the contemporaries Iranian and Egyptian societies. Also, there are many prominent female authors in these two countries, including Simin Daneshvar in Iran and Razavi Ashour in Egypt, who address the role of women in their respective societies in novels like Savušun (Daneshvar) and Siraj (Ashour). The aim of this study is to examine the articulation and representation of feminine discourse in these two novels. This study adopts a descriptive-critical approach based on realism school and comparative studies. It is observed that the two selected case studies share common points in expressing social themes and events. Written based on a historical discourse, these two novels portray the role of women in the two societies. The novels are like a treasure house in providing insights on cultural definitions of femininity and examining the role of women in Egyptian and Iranian society. In terms of characterizing female characters based a feminine discourse, the two novel attempt to articulate a feminine-historical discourse of the role of women in each society.