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product_id: 5925841
title: "A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey"
brand: "leila ahmed"
price: "₩48847"
currency: KRW
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reviews_count: 9
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# A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey

**Brand:** leila ahmed
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- **What is this?** A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey by leila ahmed
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A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey

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## Customer Reviews

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    Thoughtful and informative book
  

*by B***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2010*

I really appreciated Leila Ahmed's thoughtful and informative book, "A Border Passage:  From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey".  She grew up a Muslim, in Cairo.  Her maternal grandparents were quite wealthy, but when Nasser came to power, most of their wealth was snatched away.  Leila tells of her idyllic childhood in Cairo, then her schooling in England.  She eventually went on to teach in the UAE and the US.  Towards the end of her book, she addressed what it was to be both a Muslim and a feminist.  Here is where I could only read a few paragraphs at a time, as I would have to put the book down so I could ruminate over what she had written.  It wasn't that it was hard to comprehend, it's just that I wanted to savor the ideas.  This is what a good book does.  I was enchanted by this book because the first 4/5 were memoirs, and the last 1/5 was a philosophical dissection.  Very sweet book.  I have recommended it in a chat room as a "must read" book.

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    Deeply insightful woman's journey between cultures
  

*by I***L on Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2002*

A courageous trip in search of identity of a woman's inter and intracultural challenges. Growing up in an affluent Egyptian family where the British and European culture was "fashionable", she was confronted by the changes of the revolution, political turmoil and nationalism and its confrontation to the European imperialism. Leila Ahmed is courageously and insightfully analysing changes that influenced a whole generation and challenged her to search for answers. She travels in time from Egypt to England and finally as an immigrant in the US. She objectively and sensitively tries to unwind the entangled conflicts of politics, religion, and culture, through her personal experiences. As an Egyptian immigrant woman, although from a different generation, I have learned from this book about the modern history of Egypt and identified with some of her experiences as well. This is an eloquently written book and a fascinating journey!

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    I especially liked the chapter about who she was
  

*by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2015*

I especially liked the chapter about who she was: an Egyptian or an Arab, since this is the sort of self-identification we all can think about. I had heard this question in another context before: what are we first, Americans or Christians.

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