Barefoot in Baghdad : a story of identity - my own and what it means to be a woman in chaos / by Manal M. Omar.

By: Omar, Manal MMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2010Description: xxi, 244 p. ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781402237218 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Omar, Manal M | Social history | Social workers -- Iraq -- Biography | Women -- Iraq -- Social conditions | Muslim women -- Iraq | Muslim women -- United States | Muslim women | Social conditions | Women -- Social conditions | Women -- Iraq -- Social conditions | Muslim women -- Iraq | Muslim women -- United States | Women -- Iraq -- Social conditions | Muslim women -- Iraq | Muslim women -- United States | Iraq -- Social conditions | Iraq | United States | Iraq -- Social conditions | Iraq -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Nonfiction DDC classification: 305.48/89275670090511 LOC classification: HQ1735 | .O43 2010
Contents:
The opening -- Road trip -- Breaking the barriers -- Choosing sides -- A lot hotter in hell -- Hysteria of hope -- Eyes wide shut -- A place of fantasies -- Fern -- The negotiating chips -- The whistle-blower -- Playing with fire -- Locked in -- Four men and a lady -- Breaking point -- Purple thumbs don't wash off -- Iraqi brides -- Epilogue: Dawn approaches.
Scope and content: As an American aid worker of Arab descent, Manal Omar's background gave her an all-access pass to the dramatic shift in the fortunes of Iraq's women following the invasion in 2003, which destroyed hopes for a more liberated lifestyle. Witness to a struggle that few outsiders saw, Omar chronicles the journey of the people determined to rise from the ashes of war and sanctions and recreate themselves in the face of overwhelming obstacles. This is the story of her friendships with those whose lives were crumbling before her eyes. It is a tale of love, as her relationship with one Iraqi man intensified in a country in turmoil. And it is the stories of the women of Iraq, as they grapple with what it means to be female in a homeland you no longer recognize.
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The opening -- Road trip -- Breaking the barriers -- Choosing sides -- A lot hotter in hell -- Hysteria of hope -- Eyes wide shut -- A place of fantasies -- Fern -- The negotiating chips -- The whistle-blower -- Playing with fire -- Locked in -- Four men and a lady -- Breaking point -- Purple thumbs don't wash off -- Iraqi brides -- Epilogue: Dawn approaches.

As an American aid worker of Arab descent, Manal Omar's background gave her an all-access pass to the dramatic shift in the fortunes of Iraq's women following the invasion in 2003, which destroyed hopes for a more liberated lifestyle. Witness to a struggle that few outsiders saw, Omar chronicles the journey of the people determined to rise from the ashes of war and sanctions and recreate themselves in the face of overwhelming obstacles. This is the story of her friendships with those whose lives were crumbling before her eyes. It is a tale of love, as her relationship with one Iraqi man intensified in a country in turmoil. And it is the stories of the women of Iraq, as they grapple with what it means to be female in a homeland you no longer recognize.

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