by Qanta Ahmed
This took me forever to read. It was just really hard to get into until I forced myself to sit down and blitz through it last night. Part of the problem is the descriptive language seemed so off the wall sometimes, I thought I was reading something by Stephenie Meyer or E.L. James which is not a com...
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I had a hard time reading this book in electronic form; I downloaded it as part of the ER program and I don't think I would download a book again. The book was moving and fascinating (what part of it I read- I didn't come close to finishing) but I found the format really difficult to deal with and i...
Despite my efforts, I know I won't finish this book. And that's too bad, because I got it for research purposes. But nearly half the book yielded less than a page and a half of notes, and the writing is terrible. I hate to say that, because I know this is Ahmed's personal journey here, but god, the ...
Qanta Ahmed, a doctor and Muslim of Pakistani descent, is a British citizen who was practicing in NY when her visa renewal was denied. Practically on a whim, she decides to accept an offer to spend 2 years at a Saudi Arabian hospital. This book is a memoir of her time there. On the positive side, an...
This book has definitely open a whole new world to me. Whilst I know vaguely of how oppressed women are in countries such as Saudi Arabia, I've never really explored it any deeper. Whilst the author herself is a Muslim, she has lived a Westernised life which granted her freedom of choice & speech. ...
Dr. Ahmed, a British-born Muslim, takes a job in Saudi Arabia. For two years, she struggles with the extreme sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia she encounters there. Simultaneously, she has several intense religious experiences, and seeks to reconcile the two.
You'd think that after working for 13 years in an intensive English program where 30% of the students are Saudi that I'd know more about Saudis than I do. The truth is that they're still mysteries to me in many ways. This book was quite an eye-opener for me because it set apart some of the concepts ...
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