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  • Nine Parts of Desire

  • The Hidden World of Islamic Women
  • Auteur(s): Geraldine Brooks
  • Narrateur(s): Geraldine Brooks
  • Durée: 10 h et 13 min
  • 4,2 out of 5 stars (6 évaluations)

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Nine Parts of Desire

Auteur(s): Geraldine Brooks
Narrateur(s): Geraldine Brooks
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women 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. In fundamentalist Iran, Brooks finagles an invitation to tea with the ayatollah’s widow—and discovers that Mrs. Khomeini dyes her hair.

In Saudi Arabia, she eludes the severe segregation of the sexes and attends a bacchanal, laying bare the hypocrisy of this austere, male-dominated society. In war-torn Ethiopia, she watches as a female gynecologist repairs women who have undergone genital mutilation justified by a distorted interpretation of Islam.

In villages and capitals throughout the Middle East, she finds that a feminism of sorts has flowered under the forbidding shroud of the chador as she makes other startling discoveries that defy our stereotypes about the Muslim world. Nine Parts of Desire is much more than a captivating work of firsthand reportage; it is also an acute analysis of the world’s fastest-growing religion, deftly illustrating how Islam’s holiest texts have been misused to justify the repression of women. It was, after all, the Shiite leader Ali who proclaimed that “God created sexual desire in ten parts, then gave nine parts to women.”

©1995 Copyright © Geraldine Brooks 1995, 2008, 2011. (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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“Frank, enraging, and captivating.” ( The New Yorker)
“Powerful and enlightening...Brooks presents stunning vignettes of Muslim women...and carefully distinguishes misogyny and oppressive cultural traditions from what she considers the true teachings of the Koran.” ( Publishers Weekly)
“There has been nothing finer on the subject from a Western observer...she looks at it from the heart...mixing historical perspective with piercingly observed journalism.” ( Newsday)

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Extraordinary. And very listenable as an audiobook.

Not dated at all. Unfortunately.

If only there were corresponding analyses of “the women of…” all other major (and minor) world religions! The horrors would be different. They would in many cases be fewer and less horrific. But they would be there.

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well done and thoughtful

what an eye opening book. it make you think understand and see things in a different light. the author did not discriminate against any culture but makes you see a different perspective. she does a wonderful job.

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