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Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, And The War On Terror: The Lives Of Ayaan Hirsi Ali And Aafia Siddiqui (2012)

by Deborah Scroggins(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0060898976 (ISBN13: 9780060898977)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper

review 1: Believe me when i say that scroggins brilliantly put on a tale of two brilliant and brave women in one whole book. I read all ayaan's books past few years and yes, i lauded her audacity in speaking her own mind but i felt some of it is debatable. This book, in my opinion, might be a bit critical towards Ayaan than Aafia but that's exactly what i'm looking for : someone to point out that Ayaan can be inconsistent and irrational in voicing out her opinion. Aafia, on the other hands, i never heard of (perhaps, i just flipped a newspaper and passed by the news of her) is possibly a very strange story to read. She is a very educated girl and to add up, even an excellent and bright student. How she let herself tangled in the fight so called 'jihad' really puzzled me. It really ... morea waste of talent for a girl like her involve in such destructive path of fighting for her religion (where i, myself as a moderate muslim felt it was really wrong!) . Overall, this is very enlightening piece of reading if you wanted to know more about this 2 women who are so opposite as one is fighting for her religion and the other one is so ferociously against her religion.
review 2: I enjoyed readig this to find out more information about both women. I know I wanted to read Infidel by Ms. Ali about her life, but had never gotten around to it and now I doubt I will. The author, I felt,describes the women and their respective lives really well and in detail for the first 2/3 of the book, but the last years are only briefly described as the details are still fuzzy and unclear in the case of Aafia and less contentious in Ali's case. Interesting and easy read. less

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