Headscarves and Hymens
Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
$38.73
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2016
Summary
HEADSCARVES AND HYMENS explodes the myth that we should stand back and watch while women are disempowered and abused in the name of religion.
In this laceratingly honest account, Eltahawy takes aim both at attitudes in the Middle East and at the western liberals who mistake misogyny for cultural difference. Her argument is clear: unless political revolution in the Arab world is accompanied by social and sexual revolution, no progress will be made.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780228877 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780228872 |
| Author: | Mona Eltahawy |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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A ground-shaping book that defines the edge of so many vital contemporary debates. Hers is a voice simultaneously behind and beyond the veil
Shocking, heartfelt and well-researched - NEW STATESMANBrave and impassioned … A shocking book, and one that will make anyone who has seen veiling as a cultural issue think very hard about what is really going on - MAIL ON SUNDAYAn impassioned, deeply felt and affecting memoir that confronts a very real problem - THE TIMESA brave call for gender equality - GUARDIANAbout The Author
Mona Eltahawy
Mona Eltahawy is an award-winning journalist and commentator on Arab and Muslim issues. She has appeared as a guest speaker on CNN, the BBC and Al Jazeera, and her essays on Egypt, the Islamic world, and women’s rights have been published by the WASHINGTON POST, the GUARDIAN and the NEW YORK TIMES. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the EUROPEAN UNION’S SAMIR KASSIR PRIZE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS in 2009. NEWSWEEK magazine named Mona as one of its 150 Fearless Women of 2012. She lives in Cairo and New York.
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