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In the land of invisible women, a female doctor's journey in the Saudi Kingdom, Qanta A. Ahmed

Label
In the land of invisible women, a female doctor's journey in the Saudi Kingdom, Qanta A. Ahmed
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-446)
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
In the land of invisible women
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
214282110
Responsibility statement
Qanta A. Ahmed
Sub title
a female doctor's journey in the Saudi Kingdom
Table Of Contents
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
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