Border Passage From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey

Name: Border Passage From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey
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ISBN: 9780143121923

ISBN-10: 0143121928

ISBN-13: 9780143121923

Edition: 2012

Authors: Leila Ahmed

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An Egyptian woman's reflections on her changing homeland—updated with an afterword on the Arab SpringIn language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed movingly recounts her Egyptian childhood growing up in a rich tradition of Islamic women and describes how she eventually came to terms with her identity as a feminist living in America. As a young woman in Cairo in the forties and fifties, Ahmed witnessed some of the major transformations of this century—the end of British colonialism, the rise of Arab nationalism, and the breakdown of Egypt's once multireligious society. As today's Egypt continues to undergo revolutionary…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.09" wide x 7.70" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Ahmed is the first professor of Women's Studies and Religion at Harvard Divinity School.




In The House Of Memory



Egypt: The Background



From Colonial To Postcolonial



In Expectation Of Angels



Transitions



Harem



School Days



Suez



The Harem Perfected?



ï¿½Running From The Flames That Lit The Sky"



Penalties Of Dissent



In The Groves Of White Academe



On Becoming An Arab



From Abu Dhabi To America


Epilogue: Cairo Moments


Afterword