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- catalog abstract "Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's opposition to Nasser's policies led to persecutions that would throw their lives into turmoil and set their youngest child on a journey across cultures. Through university in England and teaching jobs in Abu Dhabi and America, Leila Ahmed sought to define herself - and to understand how the world defined her - as a woman, a Muslim, an Egyptian, and an Arab. Her search touched on questions of language and nationalism, on differences between men's and women's ways of knowing, and on vastly different interpretations of Islam. She arrived in the end as an ardent but critical feminist with an insider's understanding of multiculturalism and religious pluralism. In language that vividly evokes the lush summers of her Cairo youth and the harsh barrenness of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed has given us a story that can help us all to understand the passages between cultures that so affect our global society.".
- catalog contributor b11135513.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "In the House of Memory -- Egypt: The Background -- From Colonial to Postcolonial -- In Expectation of Angels -- Transitions -- Harem -- School Days -- Suez -- The Harem Perfected?".
- catalog description "Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's opposition to Nasser's policies led to persecutions that would throw their lives into turmoil and set their youngest child on a journey across cultures. Through university in England and teaching jobs in Abu Dhabi and America, Leila Ahmed sought to define herself - and to understand how the world defined her - as a woman, a Muslim, an Egyptian, and an Arab. Her search touched on questions of language and nationalism, on differences between men's and women's ways of knowing, and on vastly different interpretations of Islam. She arrived in the end as an ardent but critical feminist with an insider's understanding of multiculturalism and religious pluralism. In language that vividly evokes the lush summers of her Cairo youth and the harsh barrenness of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed has given us a story that can help us all to understand the passages between cultures that so affect our global society.".
- catalog extent "viii, 307 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0374115184".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
- catalog spatial "Egypt".
- catalog spatial "Egypt.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "305.42/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Ahmed, Leila.".
- catalog subject "Egyptians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Feminism.".
- catalog subject "HQ1793.Z75 A55 1999".
- catalog subject "Muslim women Egypt Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women Egypt Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women in Islam Egypt.".
- catalog tableOfContents "In the House of Memory -- Egypt: The Background -- From Colonial to Postcolonial -- In Expectation of Angels -- Transitions -- Harem -- School Days -- Suez -- The Harem Perfected?".
- catalog title "A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey / Leila Ahmed.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".