A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey / Leila Ahmed.
A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey / Leila Ahmed.
A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey / Leila Ahmed.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N305.42092/A286.5/1
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English
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viii, 307 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. In the House of Memory. 1. Egypt: The Background. 2. From Colonial to Postcolonial. 3. In Expectation of Angels. 4. Transitions. 5. Harem. 6. School Days. 7. Suez. 8. The Harem Perfected? -- Pt. II. "Running from the Flames that Lit the Sky" 9. Penalties of Dissent. 10. In the Groves of White...
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Edition
1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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"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...
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A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey / Leila Ahmed.
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N305.42092/A286.5/1
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74VvWXEQDdp3
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0374115184
9780374115180
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305.42092
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991011984859702626
