Qanta Ahmed
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
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....