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Author Eltahawy, Mona, 1967-

Title Headscarves and hymens : why the middle east needs a sexual revolution / Mona Eltahawy.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
©2015

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HQ1237.5.M628 E47 2016    Available  ---
Edition First paperback edition.
Description 240 pages ; 19 cm
Contents Why they hate us -- Black veil, white flag -- One hand against women -- God of virginity -- Home -- Roads through the desert -- Speak for yourself.
Summary "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.'"--Publisher information.
Provenance Gift of Paul and Mary Haas.
Subject Misogyny -- Middle East.
Misogyny.
Middle East.
Sex discrimination against women -- Middle East.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women's rights -- Middle East.
Women's rights.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Arab Spring (2010-)
Chronological Term 2010
Subject Misogyny.
ISBN 0374536651
9780374536657 (paperback)
9780865478039 (hardback)
0865478031
9780865478039
9780374710651