About this title: A world-renowned activist and feminist pulls no punches in her efforts to reform Islam in this international bestseller, available for the first time in English.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN-13:9780743288347ISBN:0743288343
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780743288330ISBN:0743288335
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has light moisture damage, binding is tight and square, pages are clean and unmarked. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 187 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780743288330ISBN:0743288335
Description: As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First Free Press Edition, fourth printing. As New in an As New jacket. Remainder line to bottom of book. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 4/1/2008
ISBN-13:9780743288347ISBN:0743288343
Description: Fine. 0743288343 NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
"The straight forward suggestions in this book are quite startling. I had to keep reminding myself that the author GREW UP in this culture, and she KNOWS the problems that exist within it.
If anyone outside the culture had approached this subject and come to her conclusions, they would have been run out of town. The author has received death threats in her attempt to protect women. She hates abuse being able to hide behind religion and she especially hates that atrocious human rights violations are common in the west, while politicians hem and haw over how to handle it diplomatically without offending the abusers.
I love the brash honesty, and the no nonsense attitude of not allowing ANY abuse and demanding that EVERY child be educated."
"Her autobiography is very interesting and well written but this book is disjointed and poorly structured. I felt like some one was shouting at me or lecturing me without making a concise, well thought out point. I understand what she was trying to say but she didn't do a good job saying it and she didn't back up her points in a coheisive manner which is crucial when making bold statements and presenting theories. There are a lot of generalizations and a severe lack of specific examples, (which is terribly disappointing considering how easily she could have found them had she done more research). In addition I can see how some people could interpret this book as anti-Islam."
"This book was well-written, but I found it a bit too judgmental. It's understandable since it's not a textbook on Islam or FGM, but I still wished she would have been a bit more objective at times. But an important subject matter and a good read."
"This book was too didactic for my taste, and I was very uncomfortable with the author's sweeping generalizations about Islam based on her own experiences. Her memoir, Infidel, was a much more successful attempt to provoke thoughtful debate about the oppression of women in fundamentalist Islamic communities."
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