Shattering the stereotypes : Muslim women speak out
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- ISBN: 1566565693 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781566565691 (pbk.)
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xi, 338 p. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2005.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-331). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Nawal El Saadawi -- Introduction : Playing with images, or will the RE(A)EL Muslim woman please stand up, please stand up? / Fawzia Afzal-Khan -- pt. 1 Non-Fiction. Unholy alliances : Zionism, U.S. imperialism, and Islamic fundamentalism / Fawzia Afzal-Khan -- The burden on U.S. Muslims / Azizah al-Hibri -- 9/11 and the Afghan-American community / Nadia Ali Maiwandi -- Fragments from a journal / Zohra Saed -- My earliest memories / Wajma Ahmady -- Tapping our strength / Eisa Nefertari Ulen -- Am I a Muslim woman? Nationalist reactions and postcolonial transgressions / Minoo Moallem -- Terrorist chic / Humera Afridi -- A letter to India : In Manto's spirit / Ayesha Jalal -- Where is home? Fragmented lives, border crossings, and the politics of exile / Rabab Abdulhadi -- Must we always non-intervene? / Afsaneh Najmabadi -- pt. 2. Poetry. first writing since / Suheir Hammad -- First bombing (for Suheir) / Nathalie Handal -- The conflict / Nathalie Handal -- Baladna / Nathalie Handal -- The lives of rain / Nathalie Handal -- I never made it to Café Beirut / Nathalie Handal -- War / Nathalie Handal -- Rachel's Palestinian wars / Nathalie Handal -- Detained / Nathale Handal -- Billy Bush Sam-ton / Fawzia Afzal-Khan -- Expert / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamal -- An everyday occurrence / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamal -- Seeing ourselves / Sham-e-Ali al-Jamal -- Paleontology of occupation / Maniza Naqvi -- Time of war / Maniza Naqvi -- The time of last things / Maniza Naqvi -- War is terrorism / Maniza Naqvi -- phoenix, from a distance / Mahwash Shoaib -- equilibrium of bones (or, imagine us christiane amanpour) / Mahwash Shoaib -- Little Mosque poems / Mohja Kahf -- Terror / Faryal Khan -- pt. 3. Journalism. Epigraph / Nirmen al-Mufty -- The adventures of a Muslim woman in Atlanta / column by Nadirah Z. Sabir and Reader Response -- Journal entry from Tehran / Anisa Mehdi -- Yesterday / Barbara Nimri Aziz -- Are you O.K.? / Barbara Nimri Aziz -- pt. 4. Religious Discourses. Muslim women's rights in the global village : challenges and opportunities / Azizah al-Hibri -- Muslim women rule and other little-known facts / Mohja Kahf -- Interview with Dawn newspaper of Pakistan regarding the role of religion and status of women in Pakistan, Jan. 2003 / Riffat Hassan -- pt. 5. Fiction. Witness / Farah Qidwai -- The villa Orient / Maniza Naqvi -- Circumference / Humera Afridi -- Theater / Humera Afridi -- Hanaan's house / Amani Elkassabani -- pt. 6. Plays. An Afghan woman / Bina Sharif -- Forugh's reflecting pool : the life and work of Forugh Farrokhzad / Maryam Habibian -- That Sara Aziz! / Maniza Naqvi -- Chocolate in heat : growing up Arab in Amerca / Betty Shamieh -- Afterword : Shattering the stereotypes in a post-9/11 world : a conversation with the playwrights / conducted by Fawzia Afzal-Khan. |
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