Leila Ahmed Books
A Border Passage
By Leila Ahmed
An Egyptian woman's reflections on her changing homeland—updated with an afterword on the Arab SpringIn language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian de...
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A Border Passage: From Cairo to America-A Woman's Journey
By Leila Ahmed
Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds wer...
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