- The Trouble with Islam Today by Irshad Manji
- Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor
- Women for Afghan Women: Shattering Myths and Claiming the Future by Sunita Mehta
- Neither East nor West: One Woman’s Journey Through the Islamic Republic of Iran by Chistiane Bird
- Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan by Melody Ermachild Chavis
- With all our Strength by Anne Brodsky
- Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern-Day Jordan by Norma Khouri
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Price of Honor by Jan Goodwin
- Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
- Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women’s Resistance by Cheryl Benard
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
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July 2nd, 2009 at 8:38 am
many thanks for this booklist…i've been looking for something like this for a while. many thanks for all your hard work! education is the first step in empowerment!
Janice Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Great to know that this is helpful to you. It is important to me that we only include books that have been read and recommended by activists/readers. Therefore, as the summer goes on I will be adding books to the list, along with brief descriptions. Please feel free to provide any feedback at all on how we can make the list useful to people such as yourself.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Your suggested reading list emphasizes honor killings and related topics. Attached are links to two important online articles from the Middle East Quarterly that deal with this topic and are readily accessible. http://www.meforum.org/2067/are-honor-killings-simply-domestic-violence and http://www.meforum.org/50/honor-murders-why-the-perps-get-off-easy
July 6th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
The Kite Runner and Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor
Janice Reply:
July 6th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Hi Raina,
Thanks so much for the recommendations. I myself need to get to the book store and buy Leap of Faith. Queen Noor is such an interesting and dynamic public figure.
July 7th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Raina and Janice: Believe it or not, I reviewed Queen Noor's book for Canada's newspaper of record, The Globe and Mail, back in 2003. Having just searched for the review online, it appears unavailable unless you purchase a premium subscription to the Globe. I'll try to find the review another way and, if so, will have it posted here. Meanwhile, keep reading!
Janice Reply:
July 7th, 2009 at 10:00 am
I would definitely be interested in reading that!
July 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am
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July 8th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I read Queen's Noor autobiography after returning from the Middle East and shopping at one of the handicraft stores her foundation started. I'd too would love to read your review.
I just heard about this book on PRI, Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour, that I will be picking up.
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307269782
September 15th, 2009 at 5:44 pm