Title |
Wanted women : faith, lies, and the war on terror : the lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui / by Deborah Scroggins. |
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Publication Info. |
New York, NY : Harper, [2012] |
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©2012 |
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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department
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305.48 SCROGGINS |
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Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction
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305.48 SCR |
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Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department
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305.48697 SC |
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Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xx, 539 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [472]-518) and index. |
Summary |
Scroggins illuminates not only the disconnect between the West's often one-dimensional perception of Islam and its multifaceted reality but the schisms within Islam itself through the "weird symmetry" in the lives of two women--Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui. |
Subject |
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969-
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Ṣiddīqī, ʻĀfiyah, 1972-
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Muslim women -- Social conditions.
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Muslim women -- Political activity.
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ISBN |
9780060898977 |
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0060898976 |
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