Nine Parts of Desire - Hardcover
The New Yorker-Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known internationally for her bestselling novels, but as a foreign correspondent Geraldine spent six years covering the Middle East. And when her poised and sophisticated assistant at the Cairo bureau of the Wall Street Journal suddenly “adopted the uniform of a Muslim fundamentalist,” Geraldine Brooks set out to discover the truth about women and Islam.
Sometimes adopting a chador as camouflage, she was granted meetings (and often astonishingly intimate insights) by everyone from Queen Noor of Jordan to former Iranian President Rafsanjani’s daughter. She met with Palestinians protesting about “honor killings” for adultery and sheltered girls transformed into warriors by the Emirates armed forces. Throughout the Middle East, Brooks was invited into the homes and lives of these women where she found real stories that overturn western stereotypes.
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Geraldine Brooks spent two years as a Middle East news correspondent, covering the death of Khomeini and the like. She also learned a lot about what it's like for Islamic women today. Brooks' book is exceedingly well-done--she knows her Islamic lore and traces the origins of today's practices back to Mohammed's time. Personable and very readable, Brooks takes us through the women's back door entrance of the Middle East for an unusual and provocative view.
From the Author:
This, my first book, was published back in 1994. I wish I could say that change and progress in the lives of the women I lived among and wrote about has made the book outdated. Sadly, that is not the case. The insights I shared are still depressingly relevant and our need to understand even more pressing.
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- PublisherAnchor Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0241134927
- ISBN 13 9780241134924
- BindingHardcover
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Nine Parts of Desire - the Hidden World of Islamic Women
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Hamish Hamilton, U K
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0241134927
ISBN 13: 9780241134924
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