Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq

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出版社: Random House US
2009-09
版次: 1
ISBN: 9781400067046
定价: 185.10
装帧: 精装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 352页
正文语种: 英语
  • Caughtupinaterrifyingwar,facingchoicesoflifeanddeath,twoIraqisisterstakeusintothehiddenworldofwomen'slivesunderU.S.occupation.Throughtheirpowerfulstoryofloveandbetrayal,interwovenwiththestoriesofaPalestinianAmericanwomen'srightsactivistandaU.S.soldier,journalistChristinaAsquithexploresoneofthegreatuntoldsagasoftheIraqwar:theattempttobringwomen'srightstoIraq,andtheconsequencesforallthoseinvolved.Ontheheelsoftheinvasion,twenty-two-year-oldZiaacceptsajobinsidetheU.S.headquartersinBaghdad,trustingthatdemocracywillshieldherburgeoningromancewithanAmericancontractorfromthedisapprovalofherfellowIraqis.ButasresistancetotheU.S.occupationintensifies,Ziaandhersister,Nunu,auniversitystudent,aretargetedbyIslamicinsurgentsandfindthemselvestrappedbetweentheirhopesforanewcountryandtheviolentrealityofamisguidedwar.AsquithsetstheirstruggleagainstthebroaderU.S.effortstobringwomen'srightstoIraq,weavingthesisters'storywiththoseofManal,aPalestinianAmericanwomen'srightsactivist,andHeather,aU.S.armyreservist,whoworktogethertofoundIraq'sfirstwomen'scenter.Afteroneoftheirfemalecolleaguesisgunneddownonahighway,ManalandHeathermustdecidewhethertheycankeepfightingforIraqiwomenifitmeansriskingtheirownlives.InSistersinWar,ChristinaAsquithintroducesthereadertofourwomenwhodaretostandupfortheirrightsinthemostdesperatecircumstances.Withcompassionandgrace,shevividlyrevealstheplightofwomenlivingandservinginIraqandoffersusavisionofhowwomen'srightsandIslammightbereconciled. ChristinaAsquithwasborninNewYorkCityandwaseducatedatBostonUniversityandtheLondonSchoolofEconomics.Ajournalistformorethanadecade,shehaswrittenforTheNewYorkTimes,TheEconomist,TheChristianScienceMonitor,andTheGuardian,andshewasastaffwriteratThePhiladelphiaInquirer.SheliveswithherhusbandandtheirdaughterinBurlington,Vermont.
  • 内容简介:
    Caughtupinaterrifyingwar,facingchoicesoflifeanddeath,twoIraqisisterstakeusintothehiddenworldofwomen'slivesunderU.S.occupation.Throughtheirpowerfulstoryofloveandbetrayal,interwovenwiththestoriesofaPalestinianAmericanwomen'srightsactivistandaU.S.soldier,journalistChristinaAsquithexploresoneofthegreatuntoldsagasoftheIraqwar:theattempttobringwomen'srightstoIraq,andtheconsequencesforallthoseinvolved.Ontheheelsoftheinvasion,twenty-two-year-oldZiaacceptsajobinsidetheU.S.headquartersinBaghdad,trustingthatdemocracywillshieldherburgeoningromancewithanAmericancontractorfromthedisapprovalofherfellowIraqis.ButasresistancetotheU.S.occupationintensifies,Ziaandhersister,Nunu,auniversitystudent,aretargetedbyIslamicinsurgentsandfindthemselvestrappedbetweentheirhopesforanewcountryandtheviolentrealityofamisguidedwar.AsquithsetstheirstruggleagainstthebroaderU.S.effortstobringwomen'srightstoIraq,weavingthesisters'storywiththoseofManal,aPalestinianAmericanwomen'srightsactivist,andHeather,aU.S.armyreservist,whoworktogethertofoundIraq'sfirstwomen'scenter.Afteroneoftheirfemalecolleaguesisgunneddownonahighway,ManalandHeathermustdecidewhethertheycankeepfightingforIraqiwomenifitmeansriskingtheirownlives.InSistersinWar,ChristinaAsquithintroducesthereadertofourwomenwhodaretostandupfortheirrightsinthemostdesperatecircumstances.Withcompassionandgrace,shevividlyrevealstheplightofwomenlivingandservinginIraqandoffersusavisionofhowwomen'srightsandIslammightbereconciled.
  • 作者简介:
    ChristinaAsquithwasborninNewYorkCityandwaseducatedatBostonUniversityandtheLondonSchoolofEconomics.Ajournalistformorethanadecade,shehaswrittenforTheNewYorkTimes,TheEconomist,TheChristianScienceMonitor,andTheGuardian,andshewasastaffwriteratThePhiladelphiaInquirer.SheliveswithherhusbandandtheirdaughterinBurlington,Vermont.
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