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EPISODE · May 15, 2012 · 14H 48M

In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom (Written by Md Qanta A. Ahmed)

from Best Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs · host Md Qanta A. Ahmed

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom Author: Md Qanta A. Ahmed Narrator: Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A strikingly honest look into Islamic culture—in particular women and Islam—and what it takes for one woman to recreate herself in the land of invisible women. Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in motion. On a whim, she accepts an exciting position in Saudi Arabia. This is not just a new job; this is a chance at adventure in an exotic land she thinks she understands, a place she hopes she will belong. What she discovers is vastly different. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a world apart, a land of unparalleled contrast. She finds rejection and scorn in the places she believed would most embrace her, but also humor, honesty, loyalty and love. And for Qanta, more than anything, it is a land of opportunity. Very few Islamic books for women give a firsthand account of what it's like to live in a place where Muslim women continue to be oppressed and treated as inferior to men. But if you want to learn more about the Islamic culture in an unflinchingly real way, this book is for you. 'In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti—Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life—changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith.' — Gail Sheehy

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