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100 1  Zoepf, Katherine,|eauthor. 
245 10 Excellent daughters :|bthe secret lives of young women who
       are transforming the Arab world /|cKatherine Zoepf. 
264  1 New York :|bPenguin Press,|c[2016] 
300    xii, 258 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and 
       index. 
505 0  And let them throw their veils over their bosoms -- 
       Religious education is a great protection for a woman -- 
       The most promiscuous virgins in the world -- Washing away 
       the shame -- Before we get married, we have each other -- 
       It becomes very difficult to go home again -- Driving will
       lead women to leave their homes a lot, whether they need 
       to or not -- The girls who were detained were not like 
       your daughter or mine. 
520    "For more than a decade, Katherine Zoepf has lived in or 
       traveled throughout the Arab world, reporting on the lives
       of women, whose role in the region has never been more in 
       flux. Only a generation ago, female adolescence as we know
       it in the West did not exist in the Middle East. There 
       were only children and married women. Today, young Arab 
       women outnumber men in universities, and a few are 
       beginning to face down religious and social tradition in 
       order to live independently, to delay marriage, and to 
       pursue professional goals. Hundreds of thousands of devout
       girls and women are attending Qur'anic schools--and using 
       the training to argue for greater rights and freedoms from
       an Islamic perspective. And, in 2011, young women helped 
       to lead antigovernment protests in the Arab Spring. But 
       their voices have not been heard. Their stories have not 
       been told.  In Syria before its civil warshe documents a 
       complex society in the midst of soul searching about its 
       place in the world and about the role of women. In Lebanon,
       she documents a country that on the surface is freer than 
       other Arab nations but whose women must balance extreme 
       standards of self-presentation with Islamic codes of 
       virtue. In Abu Dhabi, Zoepf reports on a generation of 
       Arab women who've found freedom in work outside the home. 
       In Saudi Arabia she chronicles driving protests and women 
       entering the retail industry for the first time. In the 
       aftermath of Tahrir Square, she examines the crucial role 
       of women in Egypt's popular uprising.  Deeply informed, 
       heartfelt, and urgent, Good Daughters brings us a new 
       understanding of the changing Arab societies--from 9/11 to
       Tahrir Square to the rise of ISIS--and gives voice to the 
       remarkable women at the forefront of this change"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
520    "The never-before-reported story of this generation of 
       Arab women, who are questioning authority, changing 
       societies, and leading revolutions. For more than a decade,
       Katherine Zoepf has lived in or traveled throughout the 
       Arab world, reporting on the lives of women, whose role in
       the region has never been more in flux. Only a generation 
       ago, female adolescence as we know it in the West scarcely
       existed in the Middle East. There were only children and 
       married women. Today, young Arab women outnumber men in 
       universities, and a few are beginning to face down 
       religious and social tradition in order to live 
       independently, to delay marriage, and to pursue 
       professional goals. Hundreds of thousands of devout girls 
       and women are attending Qur'anic schools--and using the 
       training to argue for greater freedoms from an Islamic 
       perspective. And, in 2011, young women helped to lead 
       antigovernment protests in the Arab Spring. But their 
       voices have not been heard. The world changes because of 
       wars and terrorist attacks, but it also changes because 
       daughters make different decisions than the ones their 
       mothers made. This is an investigation into the changing 
       lives of this generation of Arab daughters. "--|cProvided 
       by publisher. 
650  0 Feminism|zArab countries. 
650  0 Young women|zArab countries|xSocial conditions. 
650  0 Young women|xPolitical activity|zArab countries. 
650  0 Muslim women|xPolitical activity|zArab countries.