The Resource 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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- Summary
- Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's opposition to Nasser's policies led to persecutions that would throw their lives into turmoil and set their youngest child on a journey across cultures. 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 interpretations of Islam. She arrived in the end as an ardent but critical feminist with an insider's understanding of multiculturalism and religious pluralism. In language that vividly evokes the lush summers of her Cairo youth and the harsh barrenness of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed has given us a story that can help us all to understand the passages between cultures that so affect our global society
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 307 pages
- Contents
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- The Harem Perfected?
- In the House of Memory
- Egypt: The Background
- From Colonial to Postcolonial
- In Expectation of Angels
- Transitions
- Harem
- School Days
- Suez
- Isbn
- 9780374115180
- Label
- A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey
- Title
- A border passage
- Title remainder
- from Cairo to America--a woman's journey
- Statement of responsibility
- Leila Ahmed
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's opposition to Nasser's policies led to persecutions that would throw their lives into turmoil and set their youngest child on a journey across cultures. 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 interpretations of Islam. She arrived in the end as an ardent but critical feminist with an insider's understanding of multiculturalism and religious pluralism. In language that vividly evokes the lush summers of her Cairo youth and the harsh barrenness of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed has given us a story that can help us all to understand the passages between cultures that so affect our global society
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ahmed, Leila
- Dewey number
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- 305.42/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ahmed, Leila
- Women
- Muslim women
- Women in Islam
- Egyptians
- Feminism
- Ahmed, Leila
- Egyptians
- Feminism
- Muslim women
- Women
- Women in Islam
- Egypt
- United States
- Label
- A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey, Leila Ahmed
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- The Harem Perfected?
- In the House of Memory
- Egypt: The Background
- From Colonial to Postcolonial
- In Expectation of Angels
- Transitions
- Harem
- School Days
- Suez
- Control code
- ocm39695977
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374115180
- Lccn
- 98039027
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey, Leila Ahmed
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- Contents
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- The Harem Perfected?
- In the House of Memory
- Egypt: The Background
- From Colonial to Postcolonial
- In Expectation of Angels
- Transitions
- Harem
- School Days
- Suez
- Control code
- ocm39695977
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374115180
- Lccn
- 98039027
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