Excellent daughters : the secret lives of young women who are transforming the Arab world
Zoepf, Katherine2016
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For more than a decade, Katherine Zoepf has lived in or traveled throughout the Arab world, reporting on the lives of women, whose role in the region has never been more in flux. In Syria before its civil war, Zoepf documents a complex society in the midst of soul searching about its place in the world and about the role of women. In Lebanon, she documents a country that on the surface is freer than other Arab nations but whose women must balance extreme standards of self-presentation with Islamic codes of virtue. In Abu Dhabi, Zoepf reports on a generation of Arab women who've found freedom in work outside the home. In Saudi Arabia she chronicles driving protests and women entering the retail industry for the first time. In the aftermath of Tahrir Square, she examines the crucial role of women in Egypt's popular uprising. Good Daughters brings us a new understanding of the changing Arab societies--from 9/11 to Tahrir Square to the rise of ISIS--and gives voice to the remarkable women at the forefront of this change.
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Author:
Zoepf, Katherine, author
Imprint:
New York Penguin Press, 2016.©2016.
Collation:
258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.
Contents:
One.And Let Them Throw Their Veils Over Their Bosoms -- Two.Religious Education Is A Great Protection For A Woman -- Three.The Most Promiscuous Virgins In The World -- Four.Washing Away The Shame -- Five.Before We Get Married, We Have Each Other -- Six.It Becomes Very Difficult To Go Home Again -- Seven.Driving Will Lead Women To Leave Their Homes A Lot, Whether They Need To Or Not -- Eight.The Girls Who Were Detained Were Not Like Your Daughter Or Mine.
ISBN:
9781594203886
Dewey class:
305.48697
Language:
English
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BRN:
308911
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