In the Land of Invisible Women

In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith. - Gail SheehyThe decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones.Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in motion. On a whim, she accepts an exciting position in Saudi Arabia. This is not just a new job; this is a chance at adventure in an exotic land she thinks she understands, a place she hopes she will belong. What she discovers is vastly different. The Kingdom is a world apart, a land of unparralled contrast. She finds rejection and scorn in the places she believed would most embrace her, but also humor, honesty, loyalty and love. And for Qanta, more than anything, it is a land of opportunity. A place where she discovers what it takes for one woman to recreate herself in the land of invisible women.

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Title of ebook: In the Land of Invisible Women
ISBN: 9781402220029
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Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Internet download file size: 2303 kb
Pages: 464
Published: 09-2008
Released online for download: 09-01-2008
Author of eBook: Ahmed, Qanta

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In the Land of Invisible Women

A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

Chapter 1: The Bedouin Bedside.......................................1 Chapter 2: A Time to Leave America...................................7 Chapter 3: My New Home, a Military Compound..........................21 Chapter 4: Abbayah Shopping..........................................27 Chapter 5: Invisible and Safe........................................33 Chapter 6: Saudi Women Who Dance Alone...............................43 Chapter 7: Veiled Doctors............................................73 Chapter 8: The Lost Boys of the Kingdom..............................83 Chapter 9: A Father's Grieving.......................................91 Chapter 10: An Invitation to God.....................................111 Chapter 11: The Epicenter of Islam...................................123 Chapter 12: Into the Light...........................................131 Chapter 13: The Child of God.........................................139 Chapter 14: The Million-Man Wheel....................................147 Chapter 15: Committing Haram.................. ... read full excerpt from In the Land of Invisible Women ebook

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In the Land of Invisible Women

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