Excellent Daughters

For than a decade, Katherine Zoepf has lived in or traveled throughout the Arab world, reporting on the lives of women, whose role in the region has never been in flux Only a generation ago, female adolescence as we know it in the West did not exist in the Middle East There were only children and married women Today, young Arab women outnumber men in universities, and a few are beginning to face down religious and social tradition in order to live independently, to delay marriage, and to pursue professional goals Hundreds of thousands of devout girls and women are attending Qur anic schools and using the training to argue for greater rights and freedoms from an Islamic perspective And, in 2011, young women helped to lead antigovernment protests in the Arab Spring But their voices have not been heard Their stories have not been told.In Syria, before its civil war, she documents a complex society in the midst of soul searching about its place in the world and about the role of women In Lebanon, she documents a country that on the surface is freer than other Arab nations but whose women must balance extreme standards of self presentation with Islamic codes of virtue In Abu Dhabi, Zoepf reports on a generation of Arab women who ve found freedom in work outside the home In Saudi Arabia she chronicles driving protests and women entering the retail industry for the first time In the aftermath of Tahrir Square, she examines the crucial role of women in Egypt s popular uprising Deeply informed, heartfelt, and urgent, Excellent Daughters brings us a new understanding of the changing Arab societies from 9 11 to Tahrir Square to the rise of ISIS and gives voice to the remarkable women at the forefront of this change. Free Read [ Excellent Daughters ] By [ Katherine Zoepf ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Excellent Daughters is an excellent book But its subtitle is a bit deceiving The author, Katherine Zoepf, is an American reporter who has spent a number of years in the Middle East For the purposes of her book, she spent time in a few Arab countries, where she got to know a number of young Muslim women She reports on her conversations with them and on her observations of their lives Her observations are not uniform young women have different lives depending on...Their lives are so incredibly different from ours, it is hard to comprehend The author takes us to various counties in the Middle East, talking to girls and women in these places and though different supposed freedoms vary in different countries, most are at the mercy of the men in their lives Female circumcision, so hard to read, but the one that really got to me was the story of the young girl killed in a honor killing, absolutely heartbreaking because what happened to this girl was not her Their lives are so incredibly different from ours, it is hard to comprehend The author takes us to various counties in the Middle East, talking to girls and women in these places and though different supposed freedoms vary in different countries, most ar...I think some of the situations for women in Islamic countries are known in the West, but here the author, a journalist, allows the reader an inside view of the lives of young women she met in the Middle East over the span of a decade Because she herself was a young woman, not very much older than the unmarried girls she came to know, she was allowed access not available to many She lived in Syria, before the civil war, and in Lebanon a somewhat freer society, yet one in which young women walk I think some of the situations for women in Islamic countries are known in the West, but here the author, a journalist, allows the reader an inside view of the lives of young women she met in the Middle East over the span of a decade Because she herself was a young woman, not very much older than ...This is an engaging, readable account of a young journalist s experiences in the Arab world, and particularly the women she met It s not as fascinating or information packed as Geraldine Brooks s fantastic Nine Parts of Desire, which you should absolutely read if you have any interest at all in women s lives in the Middle East But it is fun and informative, a great introduction to the topic And from her wr...This was a fascinating glimpse deep into the Arab world Because the author is a woman, she was allowed direct access to numerous Muslim women The genders are so fiercely segregated that a male journalist would have been denied such interaction How far removed are we in western society Of course, one tends to be comfortable in the familiar, but I was struck by the seeming complacency of so many Numerous women are content, even grateful, in their tightly controlled existence The selection of This was a fascinating glimpse deep into the Arab world Because the author is a woman, she was allowed direct access to numerous Muslim women The genders are so fiercely segregated that a male journalist would have been denied such interaction How far removed are we in western society Of course, one tends to be comfortable in the familiar, but I was struck by the seeming complacency of so many Numerous women are content, even grateful, in their tightly controlled existence The selection of one s spouse by the parents is generally a respected, cherished practice.In Saudi Arabia, there is no driving, no social interaction between the sexes the list goes on One activist explained that she now believed that the right to drive was almost beside the point while Saudi women were still denied farbasic rights, while they were not treated like cit...A long review but this book really makes you think Katherine Zoepf isn t alone in that the events of 9 11 triggered a greater interest in the Arab world, but she has made this interest the center point of her career as a journalist In Excellent Daughters, she has written an eminently readable and truly fascinating book where the voices of real people, in particular women, come through on every page She gives women from Syria, Egypt, Dubai and Libya room to put their point of view, to explain A long review but this book really makes you think Katherine Zoepf isn t alone in that the events of 9 11 triggered a greater interest in the Arab world, but she has made this interest the center point of her career as a journalist In Excellent Daughters, she has written an eminently readable and truly fascinating book where the voices of real people, in particular women, come through on every page She gives women from Syria, Egypt, Dubai and Libya room to put their point of view, to explain and protest and teach and to express opinions that for us in the West ring honest and true and at other times leave us scratching our heads I really appreciated little details like the fact that many Arab women adore Oprah, that one of the girls wants her wedding at Disney World, that girls at school were dressing up as men in thobes as a minor act of rebellion, perhaps because it is these elements that link our cultures and make us feel that we aren t so different What was touching too were the...Since my first two wins from Goodreads giveaways took place in New Zealand, I uttered that famous Monty Python intro phrase and now for something completely different when I won Excellent Daughters by Katherine Zoepf from Goodreads New Zealand is a fascinating place and I am delighted to visit it through the pages of a book, but Goodreads Giveaways was starting to become predictable Excellent Daughters was intermittently interesting, but there were times when I thought Zoepf s comments were Since my first two wins from Goodreads giveaways took place in New Zealand, I uttered that famous Monty Python intro phrase and now for something completely different when I won Excellent Daughters by Katherine Zoepf from Goodreads New Zealand is a fascinating place and I am delighted to visit it through the pages of a book, but Goodreads Giveaways was starting to become predicta...Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.Katherine Zoepf has written a well researched and informative book about the lives of Muslim women The subtitle of the book, The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World, however, is somewhat misleading Definitely, the lives of these young women are cloaked in secrecy, as is much of Islam to a Westerner, and through the author s interviews the reader is allowed Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.Katherine Zoepf has w...If you desire to read ear witness knowledge for the women, especially young women, of the Arab World, this is the book for you They speak Overall it is a book of opinion, expression, and emotion The author doesn t set herself in their path of discourse too much She does shift them on occasion but does not negate or interpret So getting their context status quo for numerous personal choices e...

• English
• 06 March 2017
Katherine Zoepf
• Hardcover
• 258 pages
• 1594203881
• Katherine Zoepf
• Excellent Daughters