In this captivating book, award-winning journalist Geraldine Brooks offers an intimate, often shocking portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women, and shows how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once-liberating faith.
Yet for her, headline events were only the backdrop to a less obvious but more enduring drama: the daily life of Muslim women..
As a prizewinning foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal , Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism.
Defying our stereotypes about the Muslim world, Brooks\' acute analysis of the world\'s fastest growing religion deftly illustrates how Islam\'s holiest texts have been misused to justify repression of women, and how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once liberating faith. - The New York Times Nine Parts of Desire is the story of Brooks\' intrepid journey toward an understanding of the Women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives.
Frank, enraging, and captivating.
As an Australian American and an experienced foreign correspondent, Brooks\' thoughtful analysis attempts to understand the precarious status of Women in the wake of Islamic fundamentalism.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize winning author presents the stories of a wide range of Muslim Women in the Middle East.
A valid, entertaining account of Women in the Muslim world.--The New York Times Book Review.
In this captivating book, award-winning journalist Geraldine Brooks offers an intimate, often shocking portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women, and shows how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once-liberating faith
