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Unbowed: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism(Critical Authors and Issues)


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In 1993, a handwritten envelope arrived in Khalida Messaoudi's mailbox. In it was an official communique announcing that she had been condemned to death by the Islamic Salvation Front. This letter came after a series of threats and an attempt on her life in retaliation for her role as a leader of the feminist and democratic movements in Algeria and a fierce opponent of Islamic fundamentalism. Messaoudi did not flee from this threat by seeking refuge outside her country. Instead, she went into hiding within Algeria, where she continues her fight for emancipation and independence from religious extremism. Her battle continues today with the same goal-to restore in Algeria what she describes as "the basics of dignity"-a woman's right to pursue her studies, practice a profession, make a living, marry and divorce freely, and walk the streets without a veil. Readers of Unbowed will have the unique opportunity to sit in on a series of intensely personal conversations between Messaoudi and renowned journalist Elisabeth Schemla. In their discussions, Messaoudi gives a first-hand perspective of the situation in her homeland. She remembers the Algeria of her youth, recounts the changes that have gradually consumed her country, and laments the horrifying realities that face Algerian women today. She also tells her own story of terror, despair, hope, and determination.

About the Author :
Khalida Messaoudi, a duly elected member of the Algerian National Assembly, remains under sentence of death from the Islamic Salvation Front. Elisabeth Schemla is editor-in-chief of the French Nouvel observateur.

Review :
"A lucid and riveting account of the recent violent upheaval in Algeria... Implicit throughout this important, illuminating book are the dangers of politically empowered religious extremism to the lives of real people."--Publishers Weekly "Messaoudi has established herself as one of Algeria's' bravest and most articulate speakers of truth... She presents a pungent, invaluable first-hand expose of the Islamist challenge in her country. Its everyday texture imbues her account with a feel for living in an Islamist tyranny... She emerges from these pages as a highly attractive intellectual, a heroine made necessary by the horrors of her country's recent history."--Middle East Quarterly "Compelling and thought-provoking."--International Journal of Middle East Studies


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  • ISBN-13: 9780812216578
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Series Title: Critical Authors and Issues
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0812216571
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Sub Title: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism


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