Beyond Veiled Clichés

The Real Lives of Arab Women

Amal Awad

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Vintage
29 May 2017

History; Cultural studies; Gender studies: women; Ethnic studies

Amal Awad spoke with women in the Arab world and Arab Australian women to discover what their lives are really like. The breadth, variety and beauty of what she discovered will surprise you.

Magnificent. Surprising. Illuminating. Australia needs this book. NIKKI GEMMELL

As someone who has a foot in both the Western and Arabic worlds, Amal set out to explore the lives of Arab women, in Australia and the Middle East, travelling to the region and interviewing more than sixty women about feminism, intimacy, love, sex and shame, trauma, war, religion and culture.

Beyond Veiled Cliches explores the similarities and differences experienced by these women in their daily lives - work, relationships, home and family life, friendships, the communities they live in, and more. Arab-Australian women are at the intersection - between Western ideals and Arab tradition. It can get messy, but there is also great beauty in the layers.

In a time of racial tension and rising global fear around terrorism, there is a renewed fear of 'the other'. At its heart this fascinating book normalises people and their experiences. The breadth, variety and beauty of what Amal has discovered will enthral and surprise you.

By: Amal Awad
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 384g
ISBN: 9780143782612
ISBN 10: 0143782614
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 May 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Amal Awad is a Sydney-based writer, journalist, author and public speaker. Amal frequently writes and speaks about issues of society, religion and popular culture. She has addressed festivals, universities, youth groups and community organisations, and has appeared on national radio. She self-published her debut novel Courting Samira - a tale of Muslim courtship and coming of age in the modern era - in 2010, which was a quarter finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Amal recently contributed to the anthology Coming of Age- Growing up Muslim in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2014), and her second novel, This Is How You Get Better, was published in March 2015. http-//www.amalawad.com/