A Glimpse Through Purdah: Asian Women : the Myth and the RealityTrentham Books, 1999 - 150 pages "The interviews with women living in Karachi, Delhi and other cities on the Subcontinent and working as teachers, or in finance, retailing and the garment industry, make illuminating reading. Interviews with Asian women in a northern English town illustrate that migration has created more new problems for Asian women than it has solved."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... shrines and cities of Islam , is dominated by the traditional strictures of the Wahabi sect . It is also the strongest ally of the West in the Middle East , assisting greatly , mostly in financial terms , in the recent war with Iraq ...
... shrines and cities of Islam , is dominated by the traditional strictures of the Wahabi sect . It is also the strongest ally of the West in the Middle East , assisting greatly , mostly in financial terms , in the recent war with Iraq ...
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... shrine . It is probable that this story has its origins in grassroots traditions of local goddesses . Certain areas ... Shrines and small sati stones are to be found in many parts of the Subcontinent , especially in the modern states of ...
... shrine . It is probable that this story has its origins in grassroots traditions of local goddesses . Certain areas ... Shrines and small sati stones are to be found in many parts of the Subcontinent , especially in the modern states of ...
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A Glimpse Through Purdah: Asian Women--the Myth and the Reality Sitara Khan Affichage d'extraits - 1999 |
A Glimpse Through Purdah: Asian Women : the Myth and the Reality Sitara Khan Affichage d'extraits - 1999 |
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