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Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.
by Eltahawy, Mona
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0297609017
- ISBN 13
- 9780297609018
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, top corner creased back cover, minor edgewear. 240 pp. Mona Eltahawy travels across the Middle East and North Africa, meeting with women and listening to their stories. she explains that since the Arab Spring began, women in the region have had two revolutions to undertake: one fought against oppressive regimes, and another fought against an entire political system that treats women as second-class citizens. The book is a plea for action on behalf of Muslim women, motivated by outrage and hope in equal measure.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40873
- Title
- Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.
- Author
- Eltahawy, Mona
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0297609017
- ISBN 13
- 9780297609018
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- society, gender, feminism, ethnicity, middle east, islam
- Bookseller catalogs
- MIDDLE EAST;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...