Synopsis In NOW THEY CALL ME INFIDEL, Nonie Darwish, who was born in Gaza and raised in Cairo, provides a moderate Muslim voice and a call for reform. Darwish tells how she grew up amid an environment of hate and blame, but, after becoming disillusioned with the propaganda, moved to America in the late 1970s. She now lectures ands writes, speaking in favor of a greater role for women and the poor, and criticizing what she sees as the widespread corruption and resentments that stifle progress in the Middle East.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-11-16 |
| Size | | Length: | 258 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Publisher's Note "A Cairo-raised daughter of a high-ranking Egyptian military officer describes how she was raised to hate Americans and Jewish people and submit to dictatorship, her decision to relocate to America as a result of her increasing concern about the violence in her culture, and her efforts to promote peace and tolerance at the risk of her own safety."
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