Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women - Hardcover

Brooks, Geraldine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385475764 ISBN 13: 9780385475761

Publisher: Doubleday, 1994

Synopsis

An intimate portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women reveals how male pride and power have distorted the message of Islam to justify the subjugation of women and how a feminism of sorts has flowered in spite of repression. Tour.

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Review:

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 I wish I could say that change and progress in the lives of the women I lived among and wrote about has made the book outdated.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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0385475764
• ISBN 13: 9780385475761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 255