In her ethnographic study of Palestinian-Israelis Birthing the Nation: Strategies of Palestinian Women in Israel, Kananneh discusses in elaborate detail “how men and women view and negotiate their preferences for the ideal family size, happy childhood, safe and controlled sex, and beautiful bodies” (Ghannam 105). Kananneh draws her study from a series of interviews carried [...]
“Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards”
This review is drawn up in response to Josh’s call for a bibliography on gender issues in Afghanistan. It concerns Qajar era Iran; however, there is much that Afghanistan shares with Iran. As a historian has once remarked attempting to understand the region without paying heed to Iran is equivalent to ignoring New York and [...]
“Afghanistan: History, Issues, Bibliography”
Bearing all the hall-marks of a book hurriedly published in the wake of 9/11, this brave little book introduces Afghan people in the following terms:
Crack British troops were slaughtered by bands of Afghans who reportedly exhibited few, if any, inhibitions towards the extinguishing of human life. They have demonstrated time and time again their utter [...]
