In this captivating book, award-winning journalist Geraldine Brooks offers an intimate, often shocking portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women, and shows how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once-liberating faith. "A valid, entertaining account of women in the... read more
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Acknowledgments
Prologue
1 - The Holy Veil
2 - Whom No Man Shall Have
3 - Here Come the Brides
4 - The Prophet's Women
5 - Converts
6 - Jihad Is for Women, Too
7 - A Queen
8 - The Getting of Wisdom
9 - Risky Business
10 - Politics, With and Without a Vote
11 - Muslim Women's Games
12 - A Different Drummer
Conclusion: Beware of the Dogma
Glossary
Select Bibilography
Index
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