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A Sister to Scheherazade

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Isma and Hajila are both wives of the same man, but they are not rivals.

Ismaolder, vibrant, passionate, emancipatedis in stark contrast to the passive, cloistered Hajila. In alternating chapters, Isma tells her own story in the first person, and then Hajila's in the second person. She details how she escaped from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of her countryand how, in making her escape, she condemns Hajila to those very restraints. When Hajila catches a glimpse of an unveiled woman, she realized that she, too, wants a life beyond the veil, and it is Isma who offers her the key to her own freedom.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Release: March 15, 1993

ISBN: 0435086227

ISBN 13: 9780435086220

A Sister to Scheherazade

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Isma and Hajila are both wives of the same man, but they are not rivals.

Ismaolder, vibrant, passionate, emancipatedis in stark contrast to the passive, cloistered Hajila. In alternating chapters, Isma tells her own story in the first person, and then Hajila's in the second person. She details how she escaped from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of her countryand how, in making her escape, she condemns Hajila to those very restraints. When Hajila catches a glimpse of an unveiled woman, she realized that she, too, wants a life beyond the veil, and it is Isma who offers her the key to her own freedom.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Release: March 15, 1993

ISBN: 0435086227

ISBN 13: 9780435086220

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