Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the

Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq

Caught up in a terrifying war, facing choices of life and death, two Iraqi sisters take us into the hidden world of womenâ€™s lives under U.S. occupation. Through their powerful story of love and betrayal, interwoven with the stories of a Palestinian American womenâ€™s rights activist and a U.S. soldier, journalist Christina Asquith explores one of the great untold sagas of the Iraq war: the attempt to bring womenâ€™s rights to Iraq, and the consequences for all those involved.

On the heels of the invasion, twenty-two-year-old Zia accepts a job inside the U.S. headquarters in Baghdad, trusting that democracy will shield her burgeoning romance with an American contractor from the disapproval of her fellow Iraqis. But as resistance to the U.S. occupation intensifies, Zia and her sister, Nunu, a university student, are targeted by Islamic insurgents and find themselves trapped between their hopes for a new country and the violent reality of a misguided war.

Asquith sets their struggle against the broader U.S. efforts to bring womenâ€™s rights to Iraq, weaving the sistersâ€™ story with those of Manal, a Palestinian American womenâ€™s rights activist, and Heather, a U.S. army reservist, who work together to found Iraqâ€™s first womenâ€™s center. After one of their female colleagues is gunned down on a highway, Manal and Heather must decide whether they can keep fighting for Iraqi women if it means risking their own lives.

In Sisters in War, Christina Asquith introduces the reader to four women who dare to stand up for their rights in the most desperate circumstances. With compassion and grace, she vividly reveals the plight of women living and serving in Iraq and offers us a vision of how womenâ€™s rights and Islam might be reconciled.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2009-09-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400067046

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2009-09-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400067046

Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq

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