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The Face Behind The Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America
Who is the American Muslim woman? Behind the media hype, behind the false stereotypes lies the truth. In this extraordinary and moving book, journalist Donna Gehrke-White provides a rare, revealing look into the hearts, minds, and everyday lives of Muslim women in America, and opens a window on a culture as diverse as it is misunderstood. The only book of its kind and the...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
March 1st 2006
by Citadel
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Where to begin? Let's start with the obvious: the cover design. Now, I realize authors generally have no control over the cover designs of their books, so I'm not criticizing Donna Gehrke-White, but I am criticizing her publisher. I was embarrassed to take this book out in public due to the borderline racist (or maybe not so borderline? Am I being too nice or too sensitive here?) cover design -- a woman, fully veiled save her heavily-lined eyes and gaudily bejeweled hand. If the publishers wante...more
A complete chore to finish, don't know what I expected, but I felt like I was getting a 'la di da' facebook page for each of these women. Another reviewer mentioned that it may have been better if the author stuck to one biography per category, and was able to get a little more depth...that may have helped. We would get these broad statements such as that "Islam supports education for women", but where is that taught? how? We are given no supporting text. But what we see in Islamist countries is...more
Definitely an interesting book, but not a particularly well-written one. A series of short biographies of American women and their relationship to Islam. Some women are American converts, others are immigrants, others are women who have left Islam for various reasons.
Each woman has a valuable and unique story that I enjoyed reading. Some women's stories are linked - mothers and daughters, friends, or members of the same community. Every perspective opens up another window to Islam in America, mo...more
Each woman has a valuable and unique story that I enjoyed reading. Some women's stories are linked - mothers and daughters, friends, or members of the same community. Every perspective opens up another window to Islam in America, mo...more
i just finished reading this book and i have to do a project about it in my English class
as Muslim girl
i loved this book its my top 10 books that i have read and i love how she compared the women girl was Michaela Corning who is fashion designer... i have love book that's all i can say... love it love it!! :)
as Muslim girl
i loved this book its my top 10 books that i have read and i love how she compared the women girl was Michaela Corning who is fashion designer... i have love book that's all i can say... love it love it!! :)
The cover doesn't do justice to this book. It was fascinating reading about contemporary Muslim American women and their lives. The author did a fair job in representing Muslim women as multi-dimensional. There were only 2 stories I found issues with but overall a good read.
gw beli buku ni pas pameran buku..niatnya sih buat nyokap gw..tapi pas gw kasih dia..eh dianya kurang tertarik gitu..jadi penasaran mo baca deh..*hantu kali..penasaran..*
pas gw baca ad memang beberapa kisah muslimah yg menurut gw bagus..tapi ad juga beebrapa kisah muslimah yang sepertinya kok terlalu "babas" dan "liberal"..mungkin karena mereka tinggal di amerika kali ya..bahkan ad muslimah yg ikut merayakan natal..*tapi bukannya di indonesia juga banyak yg seperti itu???jadi bukan hal baru juga...more
pas gw baca ad memang beberapa kisah muslimah yg menurut gw bagus..tapi ad juga beebrapa kisah muslimah yang sepertinya kok terlalu "babas" dan "liberal"..mungkin karena mereka tinggal di amerika kali ya..bahkan ad muslimah yg ikut merayakan natal..*tapi bukannya di indonesia juga banyak yg seperti itu???jadi bukan hal baru juga...more
Stories were very shallow with no sufficient analysis. It would have been better if the author focused on a single biography with deeper analysis.
Interesting and enlightening. An excellent opportunity to learn the truth about muslim women.
Nov 05, 2012
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Recommends it for:
Anyone who is really interested in learning about Muslim women living in America.
Although Gehrke-White did a good job presenting a very unbiased portrait of Muslim women in America, with every chapter telling the separate life story of a Muslim woman, they tend to get really repetitive. I honestly think I would have liked this book a lot more if she had picked maybe five or six "typical" stories and gone into more depth with them.
Some very interesting women are discussed. Though, I found, that the author spent too little time on the uneducated class of Muslim women, and more on the educated that had come from families where education was able to be afforded.
Jun 01, 2011
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Great read on American Musalimahs. Amazing bios on Muslim women from all walks of life by a highly qualified journalist who is also a very fluid and engaging author.
I read some of the stories all the way through, and many I skimmed.
I read some of the stories all the way through, and many I skimmed.
One of the better and less biased books I've read about Muslims. Great for anyone looking for an account about modern American Muslims.
It is a very easy read which made me long for more depth. I felt it was repetitive as well. I learned a bit.
Good collections of short memoirs.
Eye-opening.
Eye-opening.
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