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By LEILA AHMED Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Read the Review. Egypt: The Background. It was as if there were to life itself a quality of music in that time, the era of my childhood, and in that place, the remote edge of Cairo. There the city petered out into a scattering of . Ahmed, Leila. A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman’s Journey(Penguin Books, Reissue edition, ). An Excerpt--Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman’s JourneyEgypt: The Background. It was as if there were to life itself a quality of music in that time, the era of my childhood, and in that place, the remote edge of bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins.  · An Egyptian woman's reflections on her changing homelandmdash;updated with an afterword on the Arab SpringIn language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed movingly recounts her .

Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's opposition to Nasser's policies led to persecutions that would throw their lives into turmoil and set their youngest. A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey. Leila Ahmed. Through university in England and teaching jobs in Abu Dhabi and America, Leila Ahmed sought to define herself - and to understand how the world defined her - as a woman, a Muslim, an Egyptian, and an Arab. The Muslim Woman's Handbook. Huda Khattab - - Ta-Ha. A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — A Woman's Journey, by Leila Ahmed. 19Penguin Putnam Inc., New York. When it comes to Leila Ahmed's latest work, the title says it all. A border crossing is a personal description of life and the journey one takes when.

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