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Guardian Unlimited, July 23, 2006
'Muhajababes is direct, energetic and unpretentious.'
The Times Educational Supplement 1 September 2006
Muhajababes will disabuse you of your preconceptions of the Middle East
forever.
forever.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book after a number of people had recommended it to me.
Honestly, I thought it was well written and continually interesting.
As a foreign woman who lives in the region, I thought it depicted the goings on of 'todays arab youth' very accurately.
Yes there are those interested in the religion and try to live their life by it and then there are those who are not in the slightest bit interested.
There are religious girls who don't wear the veil and there are veiled girls who are not religious.
Well done for putting a different angle on a topic that is continually misrepresented.
Honestly, I thought it was well written and continually interesting.
As a foreign woman who lives in the region, I thought it depicted the goings on of 'todays arab youth' very accurately.
Yes there are those interested in the religion and try to live their life by it and then there are those who are not in the slightest bit interested.
There are religious girls who don't wear the veil and there are veiled girls who are not religious.
Well done for putting a different angle on a topic that is continually misrepresented.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book while visiting Dubai (Sep 2006- which is an experience in it self). As I held the book I was approached by a shopgirl who strongly recommended it saying her Arabic customers were very enthusiastic and claimed that this was a very good reflection of their lives.
I enjoyed the read and found the tone of writing stylish and modern without it being over-done. The subject matter is interesting and I feel I now know more about life of women my age in the Middle East. A lot has happend since Allegra (the author) wrote this book in 2004 and I would love to know how she sees all this and if she ever did meet AK.
I enjoyed the read and found the tone of writing stylish and modern without it being over-done. The subject matter is interesting and I feel I now know more about life of women my age in the Middle East. A lot has happend since Allegra (the author) wrote this book in 2004 and I would love to know how she sees all this and if she ever did meet AK.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Worst editing job I've ever seen
11 Aug 2008
Format:Paperback
There are many good points about this book. However, when the editor confuses "peak" with "peek," bookends an activity with "at random," or allows "the morning after the night before," it makes it difficult to read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
amusing tour of Muslim youth culture
24 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback
I picked up this book thinking it said Muhajabees (Muslim women who wear the veil). It sat on my shelf a few weeks before I made time to read it, and I found the book referred to Muhaja-BABES which is apparently a new term for hotties who dress cute/high fashion and wear the veil (aka hijab).
I found it insightful and amusing as the book attempts to peer inside the daily lives and thoughts of Muslim youth in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan. While I do not necessarily like the term muhajababes, it was funny and seemingly fitting to the story.
I have recommended this book to my non-Muslim friends who are curious about the lives of young Muslims who are negotiating their roles in the modern, stylish, commercial world between spiritual and worldly.
I found it insightful and amusing as the book attempts to peer inside the daily lives and thoughts of Muslim youth in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan. While I do not necessarily like the term muhajababes, it was funny and seemingly fitting to the story.
I have recommended this book to my non-Muslim friends who are curious about the lives of young Muslims who are negotiating their roles in the modern, stylish, commercial world between spiritual and worldly.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Far-reaching implications
23 April 2009
Format:Paperback
Although this book is very much promoted as an examination of Muslim youth, in many respects it is far more about the social pressure, religious and political winds and cultural tensions to which young people are more subjects than those who define their lives on their own terms. As a result, a good chunk of Muhajababes is dedicated to the adults whose visions are influencing the young. Stratton does a spectacular job of digging into these adults' mindsets, be they conservative jihadis, feel-good moderates or well-heeled liberals.
Stratton also does a good job of bringing to a larger audience the alternate religious universe created for youth by these adults. Whether it is the video games aimed at glorifying nationalist fantasies and counteracting Western entertainment or Muslim leaders exhorting followers to gain wealth as a demonstration of Allah's greatness, starkly different versions of Islam are pitched to appeal to youth in ways the casual reader probably would never otherwise know about.
The author will most certainly be criticized in this telling of Muslim youth life over what seems to be a lot of focus on largely middle- and upper-class Muslims, many of whom who have access to education, media and power that the poor do not. Indeed, it is difficult to ascertain how representative the Muslim youth culture Stratton presents is to the global Muslim experience. Let there be no question, however, that she has actively sought major cultural players for this book, and, in sharing a behind-the-scenes look at this generational shift, her work succeeds on many levels.
Stratton also does a good job of bringing to a larger audience the alternate religious universe created for youth by these adults. Whether it is the video games aimed at glorifying nationalist fantasies and counteracting Western entertainment or Muslim leaders exhorting followers to gain wealth as a demonstration of Allah's greatness, starkly different versions of Islam are pitched to appeal to youth in ways the casual reader probably would never otherwise know about.
The author will most certainly be criticized in this telling of Muslim youth life over what seems to be a lot of focus on largely middle- and upper-class Muslims, many of whom who have access to education, media and power that the poor do not. Indeed, it is difficult to ascertain how representative the Muslim youth culture Stratton presents is to the global Muslim experience. Let there be no question, however, that she has actively sought major cultural players for this book, and, in sharing a behind-the-scenes look at this generational shift, her work succeeds on many levels.
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