The hidden face of Eve
Subtitle: women in the Arab world
By: Nawal El Saadawi ; translated and edited by Sherif Hetata.
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Women -- Arab countries; Sex customs -- Arab countries
Description: This is a personal and often disturbing account of growing up into womanhood in the Islamic world. The author ranges over a host of topics, from sexual aggression against female children and the circumcision of young girls, to prostitution, sexual relationships, marriage and divorce. She relates women's position in the Middle East to the struggles between the left and right in Islam, and shows how the political priorities of Western and Third World women differ.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.