Courting Samira: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Awad, Amal

United States

HarperVia

As someone who has a foot in both the Western and Arabic worlds, Amal set out to explore the lives of Arab women, in Australia and the Middle East, traveling to the region and interviewing more than 60 women about feminism, intimacy, love, sex and shame, trauma, war, religion, and culture. Beyond Veiled Clichés explores the similarities and differences experienced by these women in their daily lives—work, relationships, home and family life, friendships, the communities they live in, and more. Arab-Australian women are at the intersection—between Western ideals and Arab tradition. It can get messy, but there is also great beauty in the layers. In a time of racial tension and rising global fear around terrorism, there is a renewed fear of "the other." At its heart this fascinating book normalizes people and their experiences. The breadth, variety, and beauty of what Amal has discovered will enthrall and surprise you.

Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Vintage Australia

The Things We See in the Light [16pt Large Print Edition]

Women's Fiction

ReadHowYouWant

This is How You Get Better

Romance

Contemporary

Pantera Press

For as long as humans have existed, we have consulted everything from the stars to stones with symbols on them. Growing up in an Arab Muslim family, SBS journalist and TEDx presenter Amal Awad was keenly aware of the unseen forces at play in her life - superstition, fatalism and magical jinn were more real to her than any Hollywood fantasy. From fundy (aka fundamentalist) Muslim to New Age luvvie, Amal has tried ... a lot. While this doesn't make her an expert in healing your life, it does makes her a well-versed one, fluent in the boundless healing modalities on offer in our ever-expanding retail universe. From psychic mediums and spirit guides to Paleo diets and empowerment, there are questionable (and downright fraudulent) solutions being sold to the masses. Yet, arguably, there is still a lot of good to be found in these offerings. In this funny and shrewdly observed book, Awal Awad shares her personal journey to peace and empowerment via a wide array of psychics, healers and witches, considering the smorgasbord of spiritual thinking on offer for people wanting to #livetheirbestlife and exploring whether these practices can help, harm or both in the quest for spiritual enlightenment.

In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra: A sceptical believer's journey through the New Age

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

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