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Qanta A. Ahmed
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In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
— published 2008 — 15 editions |
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In the Land of Invisible Women (Nonfiction)
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Excerpt from In the Land of Invisible Women ISBN: 9781402210877 Price: $14.99 Publication Date: September 2008
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location: Malaprop's Bookstore / Cafe, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC, The United States description: "In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith." - Gail Sheehy The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones. Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the U...more |
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I returned to Khalaa Tarfa, my first patient in the Kingdom. She was a Bedouin Saudi well into her seventies, though no one could be sure of her age (female births were not certified in Saudi..." Read more of this chapter » |
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“I remember being thirteen years old, sitting in my room all night, listening to the same song over and over. I thought that if I could write something beautiful, something honest, I could make someone love me.”
― Qanta A. Ahmed, In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
― Qanta A. Ahmed, In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
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