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

by Leila Ahmed

2020-11-24 08:15:10

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 Egypti... Read more
An Egyptian woman''s reflections on her changing homeland—updated with an afterword on the Arab Spring

In 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 change, Ahmed''s inspirational story remains as poignant and relevant as ever.

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File size7.76 X 5.11 X 0.68 in
Print pages336
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
Publication date April 24, 2012
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780143121923

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