Women in the Middle East
One of the more popular topics in publishing and with our nonfiction readers in recent years is the role of women in the Middle East. Here is a selection of books in the Thomas Ford collection.
Army of Roses: Inside the World of Palestinian Women Suicide Bombers by Barbara Victor (956.9405 Vic)
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (958.1 Sei)
Desert Governess: an Englishwoman's Personal Experience with the Saudi Royal Family by Phyllis Ellis (910.4 Ell)
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell (B Bell)
Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia by Carmen Bin Laden (B Ben Ladin, C.)
Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran by Roya Hakakian. (955.05 Hak)
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor (B Noor)
Lipstick Jihad: a Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azedeh Moaveni (B Moaveni)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (YA B Satrapi)
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (YA B Satrapi)
Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam by Asra Q. Nomani (297.352 Nom)
Rick Roche, August 2007
