Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey (Revised)

Title: Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey (Revised) Author: Leila Ahmed ISBN: 9780140291834 Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 2000 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Revised Number of Pages: 307 Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. C: 1698541 Section: Biography & Autobiography | Women Publisher Description: In language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed tells a moving tale of her Egyptian childhood growing up in a rich tradition of Islamic women and describes how she eventually came to terms with her identity as a feminist living in America. As a young woman in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s, Ahmed witnessed some o