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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 272 pages
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 0385475772
Release Date: Jan 12, 1999
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 4 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
The author discusses the lives of Muslim women in various parts of theworld. "Some, like the female soldier in the army of the United Arab Emirates and the female politician in Kurdistan, are remolding Islamic tradition. Others, like the belly dancer in Cairo who accepted forced retirement, . . . bowto a traditional interpretation of Islam. And still others, like the teacherin a school run by an Islamic fundamentalists organization in Gaza, find in Islam a vehicle of rebellion against existing political authority." (N Y TimesBook Rev) Index.
| | | | From The Publisher
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brook's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In fundamentalist Iran, Brooks finagles an invitation to tea with the ayatollah's widow - and discovers that Mrs. Khomeini dyes her hair. In Saudi Arabia, she eludes the severe segregation of the sexes and attends a bacchanal, laying bare the hypocrisy of this austere, male-dominated society. In war-torn Ethiopia, she watches as a female gynecologist repairs women who have undergone genital mutilation justified by a distorted interpretation of Islam. In villages and capitals throughout the Middle East, she finds that a feminism of sorts has flowered under the forbidding shroud of the chador as she makes other startling discoveries that defy our stereotypes about the Muslim world. Nine Parts of Desire is much more than a captivating work of firsthand reportage; it is also an acute analysis of the world's fastest-growing religion, deftly illustrating how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify the repression of women. It was, after all, the Shiite leader Ali who proclaimed that "God created sexual desire in ten parts, then gave nine parts to women."
| | | | Annotation
In this captivating book, award-winning journalist Geraldine Brooks offers an intimate, often shocking portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women, and shows how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once-liberating faith. "A valid, entertaining account of women in the Muslim world."--The New York Times Book Review.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 4 Average Rating:
Truly Incredible
-- A reviewer, November 26, 2001
Insightful
-- Deanne, March 22, 1999
Been there, Brooks got it right!
-- Earle Baldwin, Tired of Fantasies, November 1, 2001
Also Recommended: Year of Wonder, Brooks
A well written, informative book about women in Muslim countries
-- Syd, a 13-year old British feminist, October 30, 2000
Also Recommended: princess - jean sasson not without my daughter - betty mahmoody
| | | | The Reader's Catalog
The prize-winning UN correspondent for The Wall Street Journal spent six years in the Middle East covering wars, insurrections, and the grim eruptions of fundamentalism. When her Egyptian translator gave up a Harvard scholarship to take the veil, Brooks's sharp analytic eye focused on the complex political, religious, and cultural forces defining the restricted life of women in Islam. From tea with Khomeini's widow to a Saudi Arabian bacchanal, Brooks explores the surprising world of Islamic women and finds a flowering of feminism behind the chador
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Sociology, Archaeology / Anthropology, Social Science, Women's Studies, Islam - General, Anthropology - Cultural, Women's Studies - General, Religion, Social conditions, Muslim women
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