Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World
In recent years, the expanding movement of militant Islam has changed the way millions think, behave, dress, and live, but nowhere has its impact been more powerfully felt than in its dramatic, often devastating effect on the lives of women. Award-winning journalist Jan Goodwin traveled through...
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In recent years, the expanding movement of militant Islam has changed the way millions think, behave, dress, and live, but nowhere has its impact been more powerfully felt than in its dramatic, often devastating effect on the lives of women. Award-winning journalist Jan Goodwin traveled through ten Islamic countries and interviewed hundreds of Muslim women, from professionals to peasants, from royalty to rebels. The result is an unforgettable journey into a world where women are confined, isolated, even killed for the sake of a “code of honor” created and zealously enforced by men. Price of Honor brings to life a world in which women have become pawns in a bitter power game, and gives readers a provocative look inside Muslim society today.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780452283770 (0452283779)
ASIN: 452283779
Publish date: December 31st 2002
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Feminism,
Religion,
Politics,
Sociology,
Womens,
Gender,
Gender Studies,
Islam
An extremely intense read about women in the Islamic world, in particular the Middle East. It should be noted that Goodwin is respectful toward Islam. The first chapter of the book is a look at the history of Islam, in particular in regards to women. The people that Goodwin interviews are followe...