![]() Personal testimonies and narratives reveal an ugly picture of gender relations throughout the Middle East and North Africa. This is not an easy book to read for some it will be very painful. Against a background of war and violence in Syria and Yemen-and the region in general-Eltahawy points out the irony that violence and bloodshed are somehow more acceptable and less traumatizing than the sight of female nudity, the ultimate taboo. As Eltahawy so keenly observes, the males demanding freedom on the streets are anything but liberal at home the question of freedom for “their” women to have autonomy over their own bodies is never raised. For those who hoped that female liberation would accompany the political uprising of the Arab Spring, prepare for disappointment. ![]() Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian feminist, delivers a courageous and defiant appeal for women’s rights throughout the Middle East in her latest book, provocatively titled Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution. ![]()
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