{"product_id":"scheherazade-goes-west-different-cultures-different-harems-paperback","title":"Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFatema Mernissi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFatema Mernissi, the world-renowned Islamic feminist, has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women in the Middle East, in works hailed as \"enchanting\" \u003ci\u003e(The New York Times Book Review), \u003c\/i\u003e \"exuberant\" \u003ci\u003e(Elle), \u003c\/i\u003e and \"remarkable\" \u003ci\u003e(The Washington Post Book World).\u003c\/i\u003e Now, in \u003ci\u003eScheherazade Goes West, \u003c\/i\u003e Mernissi reveals her unique experiences as a liberated, independent Moroccan woman faced with the peculiarities and unexpected encroachments of Western culture. Her often surprising discoveries about the conditions of and attitudes toward women around the world -- and the exquisitely embroidered amalgam of clear-eyed autobiography and dazzling meta-fiction by which she relates those assorted discoveries -- add up to a deliciously wry, engagingly cosmopolitan, and deeply penetrating narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFatema Mernissi\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of sociology at the University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. She is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, The Veil and the Male Elite, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Veil.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52911796617440,"sku":"9780743412438","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/OkjFyMVxOY9780743412438.webp?v=1781259754","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/scheherazade-goes-west-different-cultures-different-harems-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}