Download or read book Lady Beneath the Veil written by Sarah Mallory and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SECRETS AT THE ALTAR... When Gideon Albury lifts his new bride's veil he can't believe his eyes--this dark-haired dab of a girl isn't the blonde beauty he's been courting! Stunned, Gideon resolves to seek an annulment at the earliest opportunity, but to do so he must first make sure Dominique Rainault's virtue stays intact.... Blackmailed into marrying Gideon by her despicable cousin, Dominique is just as keen to keep her distance from her unsettling husband. But despite their good intentions the marital bed beckons--and a stolen kiss could prove to be their undoing!
Download or read book Voices Behind the Veil written by Ergun Mehmet Caner and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented, sympathetic, and wide-ranging exploration of the mysterious world of Islamic women--the people behind the veils--is presented by female writers and Christian workers.
Download or read book Lady Beneath the Veil written by Sarah Mallory and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SECRETS AT THE ALTAR… When Gideon Albury lifts his new bride's veil he can't believe his eyes—this dark-haired dab of a girl isn't the blonde beauty he's been courting! Stunned, Gideon resolves to seek an annulment at the earliest opportunity, but to do so he must first make sure Dominique Rainault's virtue stays intact…. Blackmailed into marrying Gideon by her despicable cousin, Dominique is just as keen to keep her distance from her unsettling husband. But despite their good intentions the marital bed beckons—and a stolen kiss could prove to be their undoing!
Download or read book Behind the Veil in Arabia written by Unni Wikan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines the role of women in Oman culture
Download or read book My Hair is Pink Under This Veil written by Rabina Khan and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book should be read in every household around the UK. It is educational, insightful and most of all honest." – Nadiya Hussain "A funny, engaging and moving memoir. Rabina captures nuances and shatters stereotypes." – Fatima Manji, Channel 4 News "An inspiring, candid insight into the life of a hijab-wearing Muslim woman in Britain." – Bella *** "In 2015, when I ran to be mayor in Tower Hamlets, a smartly dressed middle-class man saw me wearing a headscarf and asked me what colour my hair was underneath it. I gave him a big smile. 'Pink,' I replied. Did I win his vote? I rather doubt it." Vivid, astute and full of humour, My Hair Is Pink Under This Veil offers a frank appraisal of life in modern Britain as seen through the eyes of a hijab-wearing Muslim woman. Rabina Khan writes with grace about her family's experiences building a new life in 1970s London before turning her attention to exploring the politics of the veil, white privilege and intersectional feminism. And in depicting her battle to build a successful political career against a backdrop of blame, bias and misogyny – including from her own community – Khan is clear-sighted about the struggles facing Muslim women today. Now fully updated with new material on the sexism facing women in politics, My Hair Is Pink Under This Veil is at its heart an inspiring story about the power of self-belief and determination to create a fairer world.
Download or read book The Lady in the Veil written by Leah Fleming and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ebook novella from the bestselling author of The Postcard 'I found the photograph album by chance when we were clearing out the old coach house. It must have been sitting on the garage shelf for years among all the other family rejects.' When a woman finds a lost photo album in a garage clearout, she is drawn to the images of her ancestors. But one image in particular stands out: a baby sitting in the lap of its mother, both draped from head to toe in a cotton lace curtain or something, completely enveloped and unrecognizable. Who are they and what has happened to them? In a story that moves between 2012 and 1850, the shocking secrets of one family are gradually revealed…
Download or read book The Face Behind the Veil written by Donna Gehrke-White and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muslim-American women, in all their diversity, are given the chance to tell their stories in their own voice by award-winning journalist Donna Gehrke-White. The only book of its kind, it tells in extraordinarily moving detail the lives of New Traditionalists, who wear the veil though their forebears did not; Blenders, who do not wear the veil but consider themselves spiritual; and Converts - women from other religious backgrounds who have converted to Islam. A rare, revealing look into the hearts, minds and lives of a misunderstood people.
Download or read book The Veil written by Jennifer Heath and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veiling is a globally polarizing issue, a locus for the struggle between Islam and the West and between contemporary and traditional interpretations of Islam. This book examines the vastly misunderstood and multi-layered world of the veil. It explores and analyzes the cultures, politics, and histories of veiling.
Download or read book Beyond the Veil Revised Edition written by Fatima Mernissi and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1987-04-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the writing of her first book, Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society in 1975, Mernissi has sought to reclaim the ideological discourse on women and sexuality from the stranglehold of patriarchy. She critically examines the classical corpus of religious-juristic texts, including the Hadith, and reinterprets them from a feminist perspective. In her view, the Muslim ideal of the silent, passive, obedient woman has nothing to do with the authentic message of Islam. Rather, it is a construction of the 'ulama', the male jurists-theologians who manipulated and distorted the religious texts in order to preserve the patriarchal system. Mernissi's work explores the relationship between sexual ideology, gender identity, sociopolitical organization, and the status of women in Islam; her special focus, however, is Moroccan society and culture. As a feminist, her work represents an attempt to undermine the ideological and political systems that silence and oppress Muslim women.
Download or read book Kabul Beauty School written by Deborah Rodriguez and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-04-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus an idea was born. With the help of corporate and international sponsors, the Kabul Beauty School welcomed its first class in 2003. Well meaning but sometimes brazen, Rodriguez stumbled through language barriers, overstepped cultural customs, and constantly juggled the challenges of a postwar nation even as she learned how to empower her students to become their families’ breadwinners by learning the fundamentals of coloring techniques, haircutting, and makeup. Yet within the small haven of the beauty school, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night, the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her family’s debts, the Taliban member’s wife who pursued her training despite her husband’s constant beatings. Through these and other stories, Rodriguez found the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style. With warmth and humor, Rodriguez details the lushness of a seemingly desolate region and reveals the magnificence behind the burqa. Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom.
Download or read book The Woman Behind the Veil written by Marianne Dashwood and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Veil written by West Michell and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this power romance, Lauren is kidnapped and taken away to a foreign land by a dying king. She must quickly figure out who to trust and who to destroy in order to regain her freedom.
Download or read book Behind the Veil written by Lydia Laube and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lydia Laube set off in search of adventure to work as a nurse in Saudi Arabia. Soon she found herself embroiled in a society that did not allow women to drive, vote, or speak to a man alone. As soon as she stepped off the airplane, Lydia's passport was confiscated and quickly she felt like a prisoner, trapped in a country with no means of escape. Wearing head-to-toe coverings in stifling heat, and battling against unfathomable bureaucracy, Lydia maintained her sanity throughout her year of service. This is the gripping account of one woman's resolve to survive in the hostile environment of a Saudi Arabian hospital.
Download or read book Beneath the Veil written by William McNally and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful sculptor Barry Ryan is in search of a blood relative for his bone marrow transplant; being adopted, he must travel to the town of Auraria where a genealogist has traced his ancestry. His adoptive sister Jen and her boyfriend Jackson join Barry on the trip, but what they find is a town abandoned. Except for the dead-who never really left.By day, the creatures that inhabit this town are but ghostly remnants of their former selves. At night, however, they transform into a physical-and lethal-form. There's no escaping Auraria with all roads leading back to where they started, and Barry, Jen, and Jackson know that joining a band of survivors is their only hope. Struggling against his own dark urges, Barry flees to an old, abandoned plantation.It is at this plantation, Barry's familial home, that he discovers his own tragic heritage. That his family is under the control of an evil entity called Evangeline due to a series of events initiated over a hundred years earlier by Ezra Rhodes, Barry's distant relative. Mixing science fiction with horror, and the real with the supernatural, William McNally brings to life a world where the past maintains a firm grip on the present, and man's own fatal desires are brought disturbingly to light. Readers of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will delight in this chillingly oppressive tale.
Download or read book The Secret Beneath the Veil written by Dani Collins and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a marriage of convenience is upended, the trickery leads to red hot passion in the USA Today–bestselling author’s international romance. By saying “I do”, Mikolas Petrides secures a vital business merger—and finally repays his grandfather for rescuing him from the horrors of his childhood. But when he lifts his new bride’s veil to give her a kiss, she’s not the woman he expected! Viveka Brice will do anything to protect her little sister, even take her place and pretend to marry a stranger. When her true identity is revealed, she flees the wedding, only to be confronted by Mikolas . . . and the desire that instantly springs to life between them! The marriage may be off, but their passion has only just begun . . .
Download or read book Beneath the Veil written by Megan Hart and published by Chaos. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aeris Delaya is a woman living, literally, in a man's world. The words mother, daughter and sister are considered obscenities in Alyria, where women are forced to wear concealing cloaks called follyblankets to keep them from the sight of men. Aeris isn't the only girlchild being raised as male, but when she catches the attention of Prince Regent Daelyn Avigdor, the game she's been playing her entire life suddenly becomes that much more dangerous. Brought to the White Palace to serve as the Prince Regent's fetchencarry, Aeris finds herself caught in a world of luxury and intrigue -- companion to a prince yet constantly afraid of being discovered as female. When rumblings of revolt against those who insist on keeping women subjugated begin to rock Alyria, Aeris’s loyalty to her prince is tested. Soon enough, the entire country is at war -- and Aeris learns she’s not the only one with secrets.
Download or read book Portrait Of A Scandal Lady Beneath The Veil The Major s Wife written by Sarah Mallory and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrait Of A Scandal – Annie Burrows Her heart and hope long since shattered, Amethyst Dalby is content with her life as an independent woman. Until a trip to Paris throws her into contact with the one man who still has a hold over her – Nathan Harcourt! Living as an artist, Nathan is determined to show Amethyst that life is much more fun if you walk on the dark side. Lady Beneath The Veil – Sarah Mallory When Gideon Albury lifts his new bride's veil he can't believe his eyes – this dark–haired dab of a girl isn't the golden beauty he's been courting! Gideon resolves to seek an annulment at the earliest opportunity, so he must make sure Dominique Rainault's virtue stays intact. But despite their good intentions, the marital bed beckons... The Major's Wife – Lauri Robinson Major Seth Parker knows his wife, and this manipulative vixen that tricked him into marriage could never possess such innocence! Millie St Clair has travelled far to pull off one of the greatest deceptions ever. But with everything at stake, it becomes clear the hardest part might be walking away from the Major when it's all over...
