2 options
Headscarves and hymens : why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution / Mona Eltahawy.
Van Pelt Library HQ1237.5.M628 E47 2015
Available
LIBRA HQ1237.5.M628 E47 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eltahawy, Mona, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Misogyny--Middle East.
- Misogyny.
- Sex discrimination against women--Middle East.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Women's rights--Middle East.
- Women's rights.
- Arab Spring, 2010-.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Head-scarves and hymens : why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
- 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'" -- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780865478039
- 0865478031
- OCLC:
- 904399676
- Online:
- Cover image
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.