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A look at the lives of Muslim women in the Middle East and North Africa by a female Western journalist who was the Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in the late 80s/early 90s. Brooks does a great job delineating what Islam says about women's roles and what different Muslim countries perceive as women's roles--it's not always the same, nor does each country define them the same way. A fact of note for me was that Saudi Arabia has the most restrictions on women, whereas Iran is
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Since my knowledge of Muslims and Islam is almost nothing this was a very educational read for me.
Interesting inside look at women of Islam. A bit sad.
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