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Eltahawy, Mona, author.
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Misogyny -- Middle East.
Sex discrimination against women -- Middle East.
Women's rights -- Middle East.
Arab Spring, 2010-
RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Headscarves and hymens : why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution / Mona Eltahawy.
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Eltahawy, Mona, author.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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240 pages ; 20 cm
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First edition.
Contents:
Why they hate us -- Black veil, white flag -- One hand against women -- The god of virginity -- Home -- Roads through the desert -- Speak for yourself.
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"Drawing on her years as a campaigner and commentator on women's issues in the Middle East, [Eltahawy] explains that since the Arab Spring began, women in the Arab world have had two revolutions to undertake: one fought with men against oppressive regimes, and another fought against an entire political and economic system that treats women in countries from Yemen and Saudi Arabia to Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya as second-class citizens ... Her book is a plea for outrage and action on their behalf, confronting the 'toxic mix of culture and religion that few seem willing or able to disentangle lest they blaspheme or offend.'"
"The journalist Mona Eltahawy is no stranger to controversy. Through her articles and actions she has fought for the autonomy, security, and dignity of Muslim women, drawing vocal supporters and detractors. Now, in her first book, Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy has prepared a definitive condemnation of the repressive forces--political, cultural, and religious--that reduce millions of women to second-class citizens. Drawing on her years as a campaigner for and commentator on women's issues in the Middle East, she explains that since the Arab Spring began in 2010, women in the Arab world have had two revolutions to undertake: one fought alongside men against oppressive regimes, and another fought against an entire political and economic system that represses women in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and other nations. Eltahawy has traveled across the Middle East and North Africa, meeting with women and listening to their stories. Her book is a plea for outrage and action, confronting a "toxic mix of culture and religion that few seem willing or able to disentangle lest they blaspheme or offend." A manifesto motivated by hope and fury in equal measure, Headscarves and Hymens is as illuminating as it is incendiary."
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