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Book review: Headscarves and Hymens Why the Middle East needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

Published: June 8, 2020, 2:01 p.m.

I have spent a lot of time planning and preparing this podcast. It\u2019s not something I have taken lightly. For the following reasons.

Firstly, Why did I want to read this book? The title is hardly Islamic. What could I possibly learn from a book whose title has such promiscuous connotations?

The reason why I read this book was for the purpose of research for a new book that I am writing with fellow Muslim writers on the topic of the Islamic alternative to feminism.

Since I became interested in the topic of whether Islam is compatible with feminism, I have genuinely made an effort to understand feminist ideas by reading books by non-muslim and Muslim feminists. I don\u2019t want to have a shallow understanding.

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