Geraldine Brooks
Paperback | Pages: 255 pages Rating: 4.04 | 12676 Users | 1257 Reviews
Identify Appertaining To Books Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
| Title | : | Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women |
| Author | : | Geraldine Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 255 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1995 by Anchor (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Religion. Islam. History. Feminism. Womens. Politics |
Interpretation To Books Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
With a New AfterwordAs a prizewinning foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism. Yet for her, headline events were only the backdrop to a less obvious but more enduring drama: the daily life of Muslim women. Nine Parts of Desire is the story of Brooks' 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. Defying our stereotypes about the Muslim world, Brooks' acute analysis of the world's fastest growing religion deftly illustrates how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify repression of women, and how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once liberating faith.
Particularize Books Concering Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
| Original Title: | Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women |
| ISBN: | 0385475772 (ISBN13: 9780385475778) |
| Edition Language: |
Rating Appertaining To Books Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Ratings: 4.04 From 12676 Users | 1257 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
As a Muslim woman I was interested in reading this book as to have an idea of how Muslim women are viewed by non-Muslim westerners.I was a bit confused reading this book as most of the issues discussed such as the honor killings or removal of clitoris have never even been heard by me. A distinction between culture and religion really has to be made as I sense that the middle Eastern have very deep rooted cultures that have tangled with Islam and because they form the bulk of Muslim population,atBefore writing Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks worked as a reporter (Middle East correspondent) for The Wall Street Journal and lived in numerous countries throughout the Middle East for almost a decade. She seems to have been personal friends with everyone: dinners with Queen Noor of Jordan, casual visits with Khomeinis daughters in Iran, conversations with a woman who personally helped hold the American Embassy hostages at gunpoint in Iran in 1979all are discussed in the book as though its
Islam means submission. This is just one of the facts that I learned from this book. It became not just a fact but an insight as I continued reading it.The book's excellence is demonstrated in that 13 years after its publication it is still being read. Since its publication there have been many books on this topic, including social studies and personal narratives, but this one still stands out.Brooks spent 6 years in traveling to Middle Eastern Islamic countries covering the plight of women.
This should be required reading.... or at least strongly encouraged, this book was written in 1994. THis was entertaining with a lot of research and facts made more interesting by interviewing and living with the people she wrote about. I am buying a copy ASAP (borrowed from the library)Brooks writes, because this is the kind of sterile, segregated world that (fundamentalists) are calling for, right now, for their countries and for the entire Islamic world. None of these groups is saying, Lets
3.5* By no means an exhausting approach but much, much better than a similar themed book I read last year (The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad) Nine Parts of Desire does something more non-fiction books should do: it asks more questions than it answers. While Geraldine Brooks doesn't shy away from giving her opinion, she is sensible enough to put the women she met throughout her years as a reporter in the Middle East at the centre of her book. She got them to trust her, got them to talk
Nine Parts Of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is a wonderful informative read.The author an Austrailian reporter who spend the late 1980s and early 90s in the Middle East as a reporter, and during her time there decided to get to know the women of Islam and spent a lot of time interviewing and getting to know these women of different social status and different ages to bring us a very interesting account of Islamic history, Islamic women and the traditions of today.I love reading about
Now that I have moved away from Arabia after living there for three years, I was ready to read a book about women and Islam. I tend to be dubious about any book that claims to have the real story on this topic, but found this book worth reading. When I read the title, I thought I was going to learn more about the sexuality of Arabic women. Instead, the book was about the lives of Islamic women as wives, mothers, workers, and citizens. In her attempt to understand Islamic women, she also got to
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.