WANTED WOMEN PB: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui - Softcover

Scroggins, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060898984 ISBN 13: 9780060898984

Verlag: Perennial, 2018

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Book by Scroggins Deborah

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"Scroggins, with her journalistic doggedness, does a remarkable job of reporting and reconstruction, and WANTED WOMEN serves as a valuable contribution to contemporary history, recounting two ways in which a modern woman's identity can be hers for the making-even if the outcome is tragic." -- New York Times Book Review "Scroggins attempts to give a thorough biographical treatment to two women who remain enigmas, despite their status as public figures. The book alternates between each woman's story, making for riveting suspense. . . . A fascinating story that reflects this polarized era." -- Washington Post "Gripping and finely textured. . . . By flipping between the two lives, the book cleverly shows how both women were influenced by successive events in history. . . . It does add greatly to the understanding of several interlocking conflicts, some grand and geopolitical and others intimate and personal." -- The Economist "While the parallels are fascinating, the book's strength is in its clear-eyed yet sympathetic storytelling. Somehow Scroggins manages to convert a mountain of research into a fast-paced, truly gripping pair of stories." -- Boston Globe "Riveting." -- Marie Claire "Scroggins' research is wide-ranging and impeccable, and she keeps readers on the edge of their seats with her compelling prose. If we can understand Siddiqui and Ali, then we will have a better chance of understanding the war on terror." -- Booklist (starred review) "This meticulously researched, skillfully narrated account offers a nuanced look at political Islam and the "war on terror" through the eyes of two women on the front lines." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Wanted Women reads like a mystery as one event unfolds into another. . . . Thought-provoking and thorough, Scroggins's comprehensive book offers a unique perspective on the tensions between Islam and the West as seen through the life stories of two very different and influential women." -- Christian Science Monitor

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The author of Emma's War offers a compelling account of the link between Muslim women's rights, Islamist opposition to the West, and the Global War on Terror, as explored through the experiences of two fascinating female champions from opposing sides of the conflict: Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali and neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui. With Emma's War: An Aid Worker, A Warlord, Radical Islam and the Politics of Oil, journalist Deborah Scroggins achieved major international acclaim; now, in Wanted Women, Scroggins again exposes a crucial untold story from the center of an ongoing ideological war-laying bare the sexual and cultural stereotypes embraced by both sides of a conflict that threatens to engulf the world.

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• Verlag: Perennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0060898984
• ISBN 13: 9780060898984
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576