Gransnet forums

Books/book club

Women in Muslim countries - has anybody else read these?

(30 Posts)
gracesmum Wed 08-May-13 22:04:55

They don't have to be read in order but there is a thread which follows through in the relationship between the protagonists. I have listed them in order. Hope I haven't "bigged" them up too much and anybody is disappointed! I certainly found them hard to put down and as soon as I had read the first I was downloading the next two!!

numberplease Wed 08-May-13 21:41:30

Gracesmum, do they need to be read in the order in which they were written? If so, which was first, please?

BAnanas Wed 08-May-13 17:19:35

I read City of Veils a while back gracesmum, yes it was good. Another book I read a long time ago now and which also gave an insight into life in Saudi Arabia, by Hilary Mantel before she became such a high profile writer, and was called something like 8 months on Ghazza Street, remember thinking it was good.

numberplease Wed 08-May-13 16:42:10

Thank you for the recommendation Gracesmum, I`ll look out for them.

gracesmum Wed 08-May-13 15:40:37

Can I recommend 3 books by Zoe Ferraris which had an quite an impact on me recently. They are brilliant "who dunnits" but more than that, they show the complexities of women's lives in Muslim countries such as Saudi, UAE etc. Set in Jedda the protagonists typify the ambivalent attitudes towards women and the frustrations of an educated woman trying to work in a man's world. The awful plight of immigrant workers who are treated worse than slaves also features in the 3rd book.They are Night of the Mi'raj, City of Veils and * Kingdom of Strangers*. I cannot recommend them too highly!!!