Nine Parts of Desire

The Hidden World of Islamic Women

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Geraldine Brooks

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Frank, enraging and captivating. The New Yorker Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known internationally for her bestselling novels, but as a foreign correspondent Geraldine spent six years covering the Middle East. And when her poised and sophisticated assistant at the Cairo bureau of the Wall Street Journal suddenly 'adopted the uniform of a Muslim fundamentalist', Geraldine Brooks set out to discover the truth about women and Islam. Sometimes adopting a chador as camouflage, she was granted meetings (and often astonishingly intimate insights) by everyone from Queen Noor of Jordan to former Iranian President Rafsanjani's daughter. She met with Palestinians protesting about 'honour killings' for adultery and sheltered girls transformed into warriors by the Emirates' armed forces. Throughout the Middle East, Brooks was invited into the homes and lives of these women where she found real stories that overturn western stereotypes. This beautiful new edition includes a powerful new Afterword by the author.

Author Biography:

Geraldine Brooks is the Australian-born author of the novels Year of Wonders and March, for which she won the Pulitzer. She is also the author of the non-fiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Previously, Brooks was a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, stationed in Bosnia, Somalia, and the Middle East.

Release date Australia

March 3rd, 2008

Author

Geraldine Brooks

Collection

Australia

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

272

Dimensions

128x199x18

ISBN-13

9781863256124

Product ID

2020033

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