Geraldine Brooks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author known for her historical novels, including Year of Wonders and March. Her background as a journalist also shaped non-fiction works like Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women and Foreign Correspondence.
Nine Parts of Desire
Nine Parts of Desire
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Geraldine Brooks, a foreign correspondent, spent six years in the Middle East, observing the daily lives of Muslim women. This book shares her journey to understand the complex political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their world. Brooks challenges common ideas about the Muslim world, showing how religious texts have been used to justify the repression of women and how male power has changed Islam's original message.
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Nine Parts of DesirePaperback, Mar
272 pages
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)ISBN: 97801410294055 editions available
