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                           Geraldine Brooks 
                           Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
                           
                           Publisher: Doubleday & Co 
                           Publication Date: 1995 
                           Hardcover: 255 pages 
                           Edition: First Edition 
                           
                           
                            
                            
                            
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                           An intimate portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women reveals how male pride and power have distorted the message of Islam to justify the subjugation of women and how a feminism of sorts has flowered in spite of repression. Tour.
                         
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