In the land of invisible women a female doctor's journey in the Saudi Kingdom

ISBN: 9781402220029 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 1402220022 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 6611817565 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9786611817565 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource remote 1 online resource (454 p.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, Inc., c2008.

Ahmed, Qanta (Author).

Summary: The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-446).
Formatted Contents Note:	The Bedouin bedside -- A time to leave America -- My new home, a military compound -- Abbayah shopping -- Invisible and safe -- Saudi women who dance alone -- Veiled doctors -- The lost boys of the kingdom -- A father's grieving -- An invitation to God -- The epicenter of Islam -- Into the light -- The child of God -- The million-man wheel -- Committing Haram -- Calling Doctora -- Daughters of the desert -- Next stop: absolution -- Prayer under the stars -- Between the devil and the Red Sea -- Mutawaeen: the men in brown -- Single Saudi male -- The calm before the storm -- Wahabi wrath -- Doctor Zhivago of Arabia -- Love in the kingdom -- Show me your marriage license! -- An eye for an eye -- Princes, polygamists, and paupers -- Divorce, Saudi-style -- The Saudi Divorcée -- Desperate housewives -- The making of a female Saudi surgeon -- The hot mamma -- The Gloria Steinem of Arabia -- Champion of children -- 9/11 in Saudi Arabia -- Final moments, final days -- Rugged glory -- Reading group guide.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.