Women in Muslim countries - has anybody else read these?

I read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" a few months back; brilliant book, but cant remember the author.....He also wrote "The Kite Runner".

And the Bookseller of Kabul, too, Liminetta. All great books. Is the author Khaled Hosseini?

I have not read anything much since Lesley Blanches' famous book and The Scandalous Woman I think it was called. About an aristocrat who marries a Sheikh in Syria. She starts the first import for
a famous arab stud(Horses)!! Bookshop in Kabul ( been there and bought some post cards)
and The Kite Runner. Not what you all meant but have travelled extensively in Central Asia and the Near East. Know the conditions first hand. Will make a note of recommendations

The Orphan of Islam by Alexander Khan not about women or their treatment but a child deemed too Western Autobiography, very readable and very disturbing

I still haven`t read your recommendations Gracesmum, but I will, promise. At the moment I`m reading The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, by Deborah Rodriguez, who lived in Afghanistan for a while a few years ago, and I`m quite enjoying it, despite being amazed at all the restrictions put upon women, even in the present day.