{"product_id":"hend-and-the-soldiers-badriah-albeshr-9781477313060","title":"Hend and the Soldiers","description":"\u003cp\u003eHend is a young Saudi Arabian woman struggling to challenge her conservative society, which is represented by various soldiers, real and metaphorical, in her life. After a failed arranged marriage to an army officer, she is determined to establish herself as a writer and make her own choices in love. Her mother, a firm supporter of their society's traditional norms, works to block her efforts. As Hend engages with her mother, stories of her past and those of other female relatives reveal the extent of the suffering previous generations of women have endured while living in such a patriarchal society. Hend also comes to understand how such traditions have adversely affected the men in her family, including one brother who flees to the West and another who finds comradeship among the members of al-Qaeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBadriah Albeshr represents a growing number of women writers from the Arabian Peninsula who refuse to shy away from the taboo topics of religion and sexuality, which makes \u003ci\u003eHend and the Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e a valuable read for those seeking insights into the complexities surrounding these issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Badriah Albeshr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477313060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477313060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/31\/2017","brand":"Badriah Albeshr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980476776703,"sku":"9781477313060","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4cdbc5b3-ad82-4630-978d-7b034fbb314d.jpg?v=1683250124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hend-and-the-soldiers-badriah-albeshr-9781477313060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}