Menstruation : A Novel (Saqi Books)

Rating:
Summary: Sexual repression in Islam
Review: Ammar abdulhamid attempts to demonstrate how the culture of Islam in Syria is sexually and morally repressive. Through the use of a few simple character narrations, he tells the story of two people raised under the umbrella of Islam and who can find no way to escape from a place of emotional suppression, sexual frustration and fear of physical danger for speaking out. Accompanying these two characters are two saviors - a married couple who have been westernly educated by returned to Syrian to decry the intellectual death they find there.
While I would not suggest this book for a fun read, the author is talented and gets his point across clearly and with style.

Rating:
Summary: Sexual repression in Islam
Review: Ammar abdulhamid attempts to demonstrate how the culture of Islam in Syria is sexually and morally repressive. Through the use of a few simple character narrations, he tells the story of two people raised under the umbrella of Islam and who can find no way to escape from a place of emotional suppression, sexual frustration and fear of physical danger for speaking out. Accompanying these two characters are two saviors - a married couple who have been westernly educated by returned to Syrian to decry the intellectual death they find there.
While I would not suggest this book for a fun read, the author is talented and gets his point across clearly and with style.