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Journalist Eltahawy builds on the scholarship of women such as Egyptian American writer Leila Ahmed to craft an argument about the complexity surrounding women's sexual and political identities in the Middle East. The author uses her experiences of sexual assault as well as her conflicted feelings about the hijab to unveil what she identifies as false choices for women in Islamic societies. Her juxtaposition of personal anecdotes, media analysis, and feminist theory helps dismantle...Log In or Sign Up to Read More