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Search - A Border Passage : From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey
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A Border Passage From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey Author: In language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed tells a moving tale of her Egyptian childhood growing up in a rich tradition of Islamic women and describes how she eventually came to terms with her identity as a feminist living in America. — As a young woman in Cairo in the 1940s a... more »
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Catherine M. (readitagain) reviewed A Border Passage : From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey on + 48 more book reviews
Very moving and powerful book!
Judy D. (JDT) reviewed A Border Passage : From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey on + 109 more book reviews
Well-written, eye-opening account of the author's wonderful life as a child as an Islamic woman in Egypt, her pull to more freedom and education, her conflicted feelings coming to terms with women's issues in America.
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Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Leaders & Notable People >> Religious
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
- History >> Middle East >> Egypt
- History >> Middle East >> General
- History >> Africa >> Egypt >> General
- Religion & Spirituality >> Islam >> General
- Nonfiction >> Women's Studies >> General