{"product_id":"khul-khaal-nayra-atiya-9780815601814","title":"Khul-Khaal: Five Egyptian Women Tell Their Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Our people prefer boys, because a girl's life is difficult. It's difficult in every sore of family and among all nationalities. A girl's life is not like a man's life. She has no assurance of being happy in her marriage. And her main purpose in life is to marry and to have children. A girl's and a woman's lives are a trial whatever happens. I don't know why.\"--Om Gad \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir stories are fresh and vivid, recording the various roles of being co-wife in a polygamous marriage, the complications of divorce, the rituals of female circumcision and marriage, the loss of children, life-long hate and its source, the position of witchcraft and superstition in their daily lives, primitive health practices, and managing a family's meager resources, including the gold or silver \u003ci\u003ekhul-khaal\u003c\/i\u003e anklets worn by married women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese self-portraits are fascinating reading and a mine of information for anyone interested in understanding contemporary Egyptian life. A foreword by anthropologist Andrea Rugh and photographs by Asma el-Bakry are included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nayra Atiya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815601816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815601814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 5.88w x 0.65d","brand":"Nayra Atiya","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994917896447,"sku":"9780815601814","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35060ac9-c00e-4423-aef1-bd8229590fcd.jpg?v=1683332942","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/khul-khaal-nayra-atiya-9780815601814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}