First tie your camel, then trust in God
Subtitle: an American feminist in the Arab world
By: Chivvis Moore
Publisher: North Loop Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781634139533
Subjects: Travel; Arab-Israeli conflict; Ethnic relations; Americans; Psychological aspects; Social conditions; Women carpenters; Biography
Description: An American carpenter travels to Egypt to meet the architect Hassan Fathy, the author of the book Architecture for the poor, and spends 16 years in Egypt and Palestine immersing herself in Arab and Muslim culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Jenin Refugee Camp, West Bank, Palestine, April 2002; title: Part one: Egypt; title: Coffee and tea; title: Arrival; title: The Citadel; title: Like a child learning to walk; title: Morning of goodness, morning of light; title: Come every day!; title: Ahlan! Ahlan!; title: Two kinds of wealth; title: Halim; title: The end is unknown; title: Kinds of fulfillment; title: Fellow traveler; title: "Use it for whatever purpose you choose"; title: Ramadan; title: Leave-taking; title: Interlude: The years between; title: Part tow: Palestine; title: Closure; title: Friends; title: Jerusalem; title: "There is pain enough"; title: Tears, laughter, and business as usual; title: Near departure, new beginning; title: Uprising, again; title: Dancing with soldiers; title: "I'll die with a gun or without one"; title: The spring invasions, 2002; title: Jenin Refugee Camp; title: Epilogue: After Jenin.