num_pages: 252
description:  The greater freedom is to be who you actually are; to be able to live your life in the way you deem best free from any sort of restriction to do that or fear of repercussions for doing so. Egyptian-born and London-raised Alya Mooro grew up between two cultures and felt a pull from both. Where could she turn for advice and inspiration when it seemed there was nobody else like her? Today Mooro is determined to explore and explode the myth that she must identify either as Western or as one of almost 400 million other Arabs across the Middle East.Through countless interviews and meticulous research as well as her own unique experience Mooro gives voice to the Middle Eastern women who like her dont fit the mould. Women under pressure to conform to societys ideals of how a woman should look and behave what she should want and be. Women who want to think and act and love freely without feeling that every choice means picking a side. Women who are two things at once and consequently neither.Part memoir part social exploration this is a book for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.
language: English
title: The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes
publisher: Little A