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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Women in Islamic culture and society Women in Islamic culture and society Rehana Sikri With reference to India. OL1053101W
Gender and violence in the Middle East Gender and violence in the Middle East David Ghanim Gender and Violence in the Middle East argues that violence is fundamental to the functioning of the patriarchal gender structure that governs daily life in Middle Eastern societies. Ghanim contends … OL13609334W
Nine Parts of Desire Nine Parts of Desire Geraldine Brooks With a New Afterword. As a prizewinning foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic uph… OL2011277W
Women and Islam Women and Islam Zayn Kassam A collection of essays to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world. OL20547262W
Girls of Liberty Girls of Liberty Margalit Shilo Following the Balfour Declaration and the British conquest of Palestine (1917-1918), the small Jewish community that lived there wanted to establish an elected assembly as its representative body. Th… OL20932424W
Sixty years, sixty voices Sixty years, sixty voices Patricia Smith Melton Profiles women in Palestine and Israel in their own words. OL22910177W
Burned Alive Burned Alive Souad A 17-year-old girl from Jordan beats the odds and lives to tell the tale of her family's attempt to kill her after she shames them by becoming pregnant. OL8135459W