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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Geraldine Brooks
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Description for Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Paperback. A portrait of a world that lifts the veil on the lives of Islamic women. This is the story to discover the truth about women and Islam. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Geraldine Brook's Nine Parts of Desire is a fascinatingly rich portrait of a little-known world that lifts the veil on the lives of Islamic women
This is the insightful, thought-provoking and at times humorous story of Geraldine Brooks' quest to discover the truth about women and Islam.
From adopting a chador as camouflage to taking meetings with Queen Noor of Jordan and former Iranian President Rafsanjani's daughter, the author and journalist went undercover and deep into the heart of another culture. She met with Palestinians protesting about 'honour killings' for adultery and sheltered girls transformed into warriors by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141029405
SKU
V9780141029405
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is an award-winning author and journalist. She has written several books of fiction and non-fiction, including the international bestselling novel Year of Wonders and more recently March, which won the Pulitzer. She lives in rural Virginia.
Reviews for Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Fascinating, meticulously reported, and elegantly written
Susan Faludi
She takes us behind the veils and into the homes of women in every corner of the Middle East . . . It is in her descriptions of her meetings that the book excels
Observer
She takes us behind the veils and into the homes of women in ... Read more
Susan Faludi
She takes us behind the veils and into the homes of women in every corner of the Middle East . . . It is in her descriptions of her meetings that the book excels
Observer
She takes us behind the veils and into the homes of women in ... Read more