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Author Ahmed, Leila.

Title A border passage : from Cairo to America--a woman's journey / Leila Ahmed.

Imprint New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  813 AHMED    ---  Available
Description viii, 318 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 318).
Indexed In: Library Journal Starred, April 1999
Booklist starred, April 1999
Publisher's Weekly, March 1999
Kirkus Starred, March 1999
New York Times, April 1999
Choice, January 2000
Summary The author tells the story of her youth in Cairo in the 1940s and 1950s, recalling the persecutions her family faced for their support of independence during the Revolution; and discusses the different cultures and attitudes she encountered in her quest to define herself.
Audience Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
Genre/Form Memoir.
Subject Ahmed, Leila.
Women -- Egypt -- Biography.
Muslim women -- Egypt -- Biography.
Islam -- Egypt.
Egyptians -- Biography.
Feminism.
ISBN 9780143121923

 
    
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