Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women
“…Awad reminds us there is much more to Arab women than both Islam and reductive western cliches.”—The Sydney Morning Herald
“Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women” book
Desert Dreamings and Sheikh-Lit
Powerful thighs. Golden eyes. Black robes. Swords. And fury. In romance fiction, it is not enough to have a set of muscle-toned thighs. They must also be powerful. Eyes cannot be brown, they must glow with the fire of a thousand suns. This is the world of desert dreaming. Of thinly disguised oil-rich kingdoms. Of exotic romance with the bad boys of the Arab world—ridiculously good-looking men with more money than sense.
12 September 2001: Amal Awad reflects on the aftermath of 9/11
Growing up as part of an ethnic minority group in any society has its challenges. But it’s difficult to imagine the backlash those in Muslim communities have endured and continue to face in the wake of terror attacks carried out by Islamic groups. In her book, Beyond Veiled Clichés, Muslim Australian author Amal Awad focuses on the lives of Arab women, revealing the similarities and differences of their daily experiences.