Amazon.co.uk: Unbound: Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism (Critical Authors & Issues): Khalida Messaoudi, Elisabeth Schemla, Anne C. Vila: Books

Hardcover: 166 pages
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (Aug 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0812234499
ISBN-13: 978-0812234497
Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Average Customer Review: (1 customer review)
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,522,749 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A Riveting Account of the Oppression of Women in Algeria., 11 Jul 1998

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This review is from: Unbowed: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism (Critical Authors & Issues) (Paperback)

Written as a dialogue between journalist Elisabeth Schemla and feminist leader Khalida Messaoudi, this book details the heartbreak and the triumphs of being female in a country that has bowed down to the pressures of Islamic Fundamentalism. Messaoudi discusses her life in an intelligent, honest, and passionate manner as she details what it was like to grow up Algerian and female. She also explains the many players and political groups who have tried to control the direction of Algeria over the last thirty years. Most importantly, she brings to life the terrible reality of life in Algeria, where women have been betrayed and stripped of their rights as people by the government under the Family Code and then enslaved, terrorized, and murdered by the misogynistic enemies of that same government. Messaoudi also discusses the ongoing tension between the Berber culture and the Arab culture of Algeria and its effect on the problems there. This is the first book I have read, in English, that gives such a clear accounting of the political climate of Algeria and of the lives of women there.

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