In the Land of Invisible Women : A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
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- ISBN
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Publisher
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1402210876
ISBN-13
9781402210877
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65722143
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
In the Land of Invisible Women : a Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Cultural Heritage, Physicians, Adventurers & Explorers, Medical, Women's Studies, Islam / General, Customs & Traditions
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"This book is a well -written and fascinating insider's look into life in Saudi Arabia and the challenges that women and sometimes even men must face in their daily lives." - Bookopolis, "Ahmed was saddened, distressed, and taken aback by her colleagues' excitement in reaction to the 9/11 attacks. Her friends talked about how America "deserved" this tragedy because of its support of Israel. " - ForeWord, "Denied visa renewal in America, British-born Pakistani physician Ahmed, 31, leaves New York for a job in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she celebrates her Muslim faith on an exciting Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca... After 9/11, she is shocked at the widespread anti-Americanism. The details of consumerism, complete with Western brand names .... are central to this honest memoir about connections and conflicts, and especially the clamorous clash of "modern and medieval, . . . Cadillac and camel."" - Booklist, " In the Land of Invisible Women is a must read for everyone. Why? People must find out how Dr. Ahmed dared to cope with radical Islamic fundamentalism. Rather than misery and despair, her story is one of brightness and optimism for Saudi women. But equally vital, it is a tale of expectation, a hope that brave Saudi men, who dare read her story, might have a jolt of conscience over unjustified cowardly feelings they hold toward women." - Blog Critics, "A female doctor provides a uniquely revealing look at the hidden world of Saudi Arabian women. Denied a renewal of her visa in the United States, British-born, American-educated pulmonologist Ahmed accepted a position at a hospital in Riyadh. On rounds, the male residents she supervised would interrupt her, and female residents (what few there were) would cluster silently at the back of the group. All female doctors were required to be completely veiled. In surgeries, sons would supervise unconscious mothers, not to ensure the quality of their medical care, but to ensure that no parts of their faces were revealed by slipping veils. With such evidence around her, Ahmed began to think of these women as the wretched of the Earth. "I wouldn't be corrected in my simplistic views," she writes, "until much later, when I had befriended more Saudi women." When she did, she learned that the lives of these women under veils were no less complex and rich for being largely unseen. At her first party, she was astounded by the elegance and confidence exuded by professional women who had struggled immensely to achieve their positions. She began to understand how respect and love for women were expressed in her adopted society. Despite the strict monitoring of their clothing and behavior and the edicts against showing even the smallest scrap of skin in public, the Saudi women she met were neither so silent nor so helpless as their formless presence suggested. However, her friends were wealthy and educated; the vast impoverished majority could not even afford to visit doctors, let alone become one. Though never ceasing to be dismayed by the uglier aspects of regressive Saudi orthodoxy, Ahmed also found her own Muslim faith deepened and her conception of Islam broadened by her sojourn there. If she never learned to love the veil, she at least learned to understand it. A big-hearted examination of the extreme contradictions in a society very different-yet not so different-from our own. " - Kirkus Reviews, ""Despite the restrictive customs of Saudi's religious rule, Ahmed found a vibrancy that left her hopeful. 'Saudi is much more heterogeneous than one would expect,' she says. 'Muslims themselves feel fairly lost in a country so caricatured and vilified for its severe austerity and Wahhabi theocracy, but it's also the cradle of Islam and the site of the Hajj-a symbol of what Islam could be.'"" - Kirkus Reviews, "Ahmed still beautifully asserts her arguments and confronts the anti-Semitism, the sexism, and the anti-western attitudes she experienced... In the Land of Invisible Women gave me a lot to think about, and just not about the complexities of Saudi Arabia but also my country's, the U.S.A., interactions within the Middle East. " - Adventures in Reading
Dewey Decimal
610.82092 B
Table Of Content
Chapter 1: The Bedouin Bedside Chapter 2: A Time to Leave America Chapter 3: My New Home, a Military Compound Chapter 4: Abbayah Shopping Chapter 5: Invisible and Safe Chapter 6: Saudi Women Who Dance Alone Chapter 7: Veiled Doctors Chapter 8: The Lost Boys of the Kingdom Chapter 9: A Father's Grieving Chapter 10: An Invitation to God Chapter 11: The Epicenter of Islam Chapter 12: Into the Light Chapter 13: The Child of God Chapter 14: The Million-Man Wheel Chapter 15: Committing Haram Chapter 16: Calling Doctora Chapter 17: Daughters of the Desert Chapter 18: Next Stop: Absolution Chapter 19: Prayer under the Stars Chapter 20: Between the Devil and the Red Sea Chapter 21: Mutawaeen: The Men in Brown Chapter 22: Single Saudi Male Chapter 23: The Calm before the Storm Chapter 24: Wahabi Wrath Chapter 25: Doctor Zhivago of Arabia Chapter 26: Love in the Kingdom Chapter 27: Show Me Your Marriage License! Chapter 28: An Eye for an Eye Chapter 29: Princes, Polygamists, and Paupers Chapter 30: Divorce, Saudi-Style Chapter 31: The Saudi Divorcée Chapter 32: Desperate Housewives Chapter 33: The Making of a Female Saudi Surgeon Chapter 34: The Hot Mamma Chapter 35: The Gloria Steinem of Arabia Chapter 36: Champion of Children Chapter 37: 9/11 in Saudi Arabia Chapter 38: Final Moments, Final Days Afterword: Rugged Glory Endnotes Bibliography Reading Group Guide Acknowledgments
Synopsis
A strikingly honest look into Islamic culture?--in particular women and Islam?--and what it takes for one woman to recreate herself in the land of invisible women. 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 of Saudi Arabia is a world apart, a land of unparalleled 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. Very few Islamic books for women give a firsthand account of what it's like to live in a place where Muslim women continue to be oppressed and treated as inferior to men. But if you want to learn more about the Islamic culture in an unflinchingly real way, this book is for you. "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 Sheehy, "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 Sheehy The 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.
LC Classification Number
DS244.526
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