The hidden face of Eve : women in the Arab world
Presents an account of brutality against women in the Muslim world. This work explores the causes of the situation through a discussion of the historical role of Arab women in religion and literature. It argues that the veil, polygamy and legal inequality are incompatible with the just and peaceful Islam.
xxxvii, 325 p. ; 20 cm
9781842778753, 1842778757
954121687
New Foreword by Ronak HusniPreface to the English EditionIntroductionPart I - The Mutliated HalfChapter 1 - The Question that No One Would AnswerChapter 2 - Sexual Agression Against the Female ChildChapter 3 - The Grandfather with Bad MannersChapter 4 - The Injustice of JusticeChapter 5 - The Very Fine Membrane Called 'Honour'Chapter 6 - Circumcision of GirlsChapter 7 - Obscurantism and ContradictionChapter 8 - The Illegitimate Child and the ProstituteChapter 9 - Abortion and FertilityChapter 10 - Distorted Notions about Femininity, Beauty and LovePart II - Women in HistoryChapter 11 - The Thirteenth Rib of AdamChapter 12 - Man the God, Woman the SinfulChapter 13 - Woman at the Time of the PharaohsChapter 14 - Liberty to the Slave, But Not for the WomanPart III - The Arab WomanChapter 15 - The Role of Women in Arab HistoryChapter 16 - Love and Sex in the Life of the ArabsChapter 17 - The Heroine in Arab LiteraturePart IV - Breaking ThroughChapter 18 - Arab Pioneers of Women's LiberationChapter 19 - Work and WomenChapter 20 - Marriage and DivorceAn Afterword