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Title: Very clear eyed and interesting -- worth reading
Review: This is an interesting anecdotal discussion of the plight of women in Islamic countires. The stories are vividly told, and always interesting, and she has a nice ey for detail. Refreshingly, the author is unwilling to let the abuses slide with a some platitude about multi-culturalism.There are some annoyances. She tries too hard at times to argue that "real" Islam would not be like this, and her discussions of Islamic history are unskeptical. She takes a couple cheap shots at some westernm politicians she doesn't like. But the material she covers is all well covered, and important.If you are wavering, just read the bad reviews here, and see how tendentiuous and vacuous they are.
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