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d5e548e	they knew that what they hoped for from the operation was to safeguard their daughters' chastity, because upon that chastity depended the honor of the girls' fathers and brothers.		Geraldine Brooks
f4fd6c6	In most Muslim countries women are the custodians of their male relatives' honor. If		Geraldine Brooks
cdda3a5	Women, it says, "manufacture men and play a great role in guiding and educating the [new] generation. The" --		Geraldine Brooks
e26cfc4	women had been sent back home, to manufacture male babies and avoid waste in household expenditures.		Geraldine Brooks
aa7c8c3	No, no," he said. "She can't raise it at all. She may only clap. Women must be very careful of their voices. If"		Geraldine Brooks
74a4170	She must not speak in a delicate tone. This is from the Koran. Things begun with a few words will continue to other things.		Geraldine Brooks
e7d82a8	trouble is, these people don't understand their own culture," said"		Geraldine Brooks
6e96460	You can ask for things, but you can't just reach out and take things as if it's your right." A"		Geraldine Brooks
8db79d7	This is Islamic dress--but not to them. According to them, the colors in the embroidery are haram. Where		Geraldine Brooks
3826f94	Women without their own drivers could get around only at the whim of husbands and sons. Some		Geraldine Brooks
b747afd	For these women, Hamas's view of women was laughable. And since they couldn't hear the appeal of such views themselves, they were deaf to the appeal they held for their students.		Geraldine Brooks
7c43be8	All the women who actually drove were mature professionals who had international drivers' licenses they'd acquired overseas. Many		Geraldine Brooks
9bc4ebc	They argued that women of the prophet's era had ridden camels, the main mode of transportation of their day. The		Geraldine Brooks
766bda5	It was only then that I realized the distance between uncle and nephew wasn't nearly as great as I'd assumed.		Geraldine Brooks
fd3dc5c	From there, the future is a place that looks darker every day.		Geraldine Brooks
ce039f2	Women of all ages are in-fantilized by the Saudi system. A woman, no matter how old, has to be able to show a signed permission from her husband, son or grandson before she is free to travel, even inside her own country.		Geraldine Brooks
9ec1491	It's so easy for people like me"--a diplomat's son raised abroad and educated in America--"to be totally off base about this country and what it is ready to accept."		Geraldine Brooks
4dfefd5	Such laws can be even more humiliating for older women. A widowed grandmother, for example, may have to rely on the permission of a grandson if he is her closest male relative.		Geraldine Brooks
2764c89	She'd been married at twelve, before her menarche, and had been pregnant or lactating ever since.		Geraldine Brooks
be75ccc	Mullahs have been making an issue of field hockey lately, because you have to run and bend. And		Geraldine Brooks
a675920	Wealthy women who wanted to keep fit maintained well-equipped gyms in their homes and hired personal trainers. The rest led completely sedentary lives.		Geraldine Brooks
57db206	In both cases, women are expected to sacrifice their comfort and freedom to service the requirements of male sexuality: either to repress or to stimulate the male sex urge.		Geraldine Brooks
f7d3fe2	The lieutenant colonel wondered if the high scores reflected a defect in the newly built shooting range at the women's academy. To find out, he commandeered the men's academy shooting range and ordered the women to redo the test. There he watched in growing astonishment as bullet after bullet slammed home, right smack in the center of the target.		Geraldine Brooks
8db0081	The good young man went out and I felt the great relief that simple kindness can work. It is a salve of the spirit, surely.		Geraldine Brooks
d6b9796	They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.		Geraldine Brooks
6f238ef	We have to fight now to make them understand that everyone has the right to live freely. It's another war, I think.		Geraldine Brooks
e71a412	We expected that the international community would put a stop to it. I believed that. I was worried about getting through a few days, that's all, while the world--how do you say?--got its act together.		Geraldine Brooks
0f73c95	How easy it was to give out morsels of wise counsel, and yet how hard to act on them.		Geraldine Brooks
9bf5e67	I wanted to give a sense of the people of the book, the different hands that had made it, used it, protected it.		Geraldine Brooks
6c13e5f	Well, I have five brothers--Rest, Thankful, Watching, Patience, Consider--and each one of them the very opposite of their name.		Geraldine Brooks
8af0486	I need, I suppose, to account for my life, and for my part in Caleb's crossing from his world into mine, and what flowed on from it.		Geraldine Brooks
8bbe12a	one in five Muslim girls lives today in a community that sanctions some sort of interference with her genitals.		Geraldine Brooks
0aaebef	month--the money gives the women at least a small degree of discretion in spending and the prestige that comes from contributing to the family budget.		Geraldine Brooks
9c5c957	I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied child.	leisure	Geraldine Brooks
b62443f	the heart of a prophet is not his own to bestow.	ministry	Geraldine Brooks
c57f5bf	Disappointment is a beautiful woman reading Ayn Rand.		Geraldine Brooks
bf8c772	There was malachite green, and red; the intense red known as worm scarlet--tola'at shani in Hebrew--extracted from tree-dwelling insects, crushed up and boiled in lye. Later, when alchemists learned how to make a similar red from sulfur and mercury, they still named the color "little worm"--vermiculum. Some things don't change: we call it vermilion even today."		Geraldine Brooks
1e9febc	matter.		Geraldine Brooks
7afb9f0	Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself.	leadership inspiration optimism novelty	Geraldine Brooks
e32ded7	Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.	leadership manipulation pragmatism persuasion	Geraldine Brooks
8dca081	The wiles of a veteran turned the younger man's own gift of speed against him.	haste strategy	Geraldine Brooks
ae835ba	David set me to learn other skills, too, in those days of restless waiting.	openness	Geraldine Brooks
38af6e7	When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepared.	optimism pessimism planning pragmatism strategy	Geraldine Brooks
f48f8bc	This was a woman raised in a turbulent house, who had learned early to master herself.		Geraldine Brooks

d5e548e

they knew that what they hoped for from the operation was to safeguard their daughters' chastity, because upon that chastity depended the honor of the girls' fathers and brothers.

Geraldine Brooks

f4fd6c6

In most Muslim countries women are the custodians of their male relatives' honor. If

Geraldine Brooks

cdda3a5

Women, it says, "manufacture men and play a great role in guiding and educating the [new] generation. The" --

Geraldine Brooks

e26cfc4

women had been sent back home, to manufacture male babies and avoid waste in household expenditures.

Geraldine Brooks

aa7c8c3

No, no," he said. "She can't raise it at all. She may only clap. Women must be very careful of their voices. If"

Geraldine Brooks

74a4170

She must not speak in a delicate tone. This is from the Koran. Things begun with a few words will continue to other things.

Geraldine Brooks

e7d82a8

trouble is, these people don't understand their own culture," said"

Geraldine Brooks

6e96460

You can ask for things, but you can't just reach out and take things as if it's your right." A"

Geraldine Brooks

8db79d7

This is Islamic dress--but not to them. According to them, the colors in the embroidery are haram. Where

Geraldine Brooks

3826f94

Women without their own drivers could get around only at the whim of husbands and sons. Some

Geraldine Brooks

b747afd

For these women, Hamas's view of women was laughable. And since they couldn't hear the appeal of such views themselves, they were deaf to the appeal they held for their students.

Geraldine Brooks

7c43be8

All the women who actually drove were mature professionals who had international drivers' licenses they'd acquired overseas. Many

Geraldine Brooks

9bc4ebc

They argued that women of the prophet's era had ridden camels, the main mode of transportation of their day. The

Geraldine Brooks

766bda5

It was only then that I realized the distance between uncle and nephew wasn't nearly as great as I'd assumed.

Geraldine Brooks

fd3dc5c

From there, the future is a place that looks darker every day.

Geraldine Brooks

ce039f2

Women of all ages are in-fantilized by the Saudi system. A woman, no matter how old, has to be able to show a signed permission from her husband, son or grandson before she is free to travel, even inside her own country.

Geraldine Brooks

9ec1491

It's so easy for people like me"--a diplomat's son raised abroad and educated in America--"to be totally off base about this country and what it is ready to accept."

Geraldine Brooks

4dfefd5

Such laws can be even more humiliating for older women. A widowed grandmother, for example, may have to rely on the permission of a grandson if he is her closest male relative.

Geraldine Brooks

2764c89

She'd been married at twelve, before her menarche, and had been pregnant or lactating ever since.

Geraldine Brooks

be75ccc

Mullahs have been making an issue of field hockey lately, because you have to run and bend. And

Geraldine Brooks

a675920

Wealthy women who wanted to keep fit maintained well-equipped gyms in their homes and hired personal trainers. The rest led completely sedentary lives.

Geraldine Brooks

57db206

In both cases, women are expected to sacrifice their comfort and freedom to service the requirements of male sexuality: either to repress or to stimulate the male sex urge.

Geraldine Brooks

f7d3fe2

The lieutenant colonel wondered if the high scores reflected a defect in the newly built shooting range at the women's academy. To find out, he commandeered the men's academy shooting range and ordered the women to redo the test. There he watched in growing astonishment as bullet after bullet slammed home, right smack in the center of the target.

Geraldine Brooks

8db0081

The good young man went out and I felt the great relief that simple kindness can work. It is a salve of the spirit, surely.

Geraldine Brooks

d6b9796

They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.

Geraldine Brooks

6f238ef

We have to fight now to make them understand that everyone has the right to live freely. It's another war, I think.

Geraldine Brooks

e71a412

We expected that the international community would put a stop to it. I believed that. I was worried about getting through a few days, that's all, while the world--how do you say?--got its act together.

Geraldine  Brooks

0f73c95

How easy it was to give out morsels of wise counsel, and yet how hard to act on them.

Geraldine Brooks

9bf5e67

I wanted to give a sense of the people of the book, the different hands that had made it, used it, protected it.

Geraldine Brooks

6c13e5f

Well, I have five brothers--Rest, Thankful, Watching, Patience, Consider--and each one of them the very opposite of their name.

Geraldine Brooks

8af0486

I need, I suppose, to account for my life, and for my part in Caleb's crossing from his world into mine, and what flowed on from it.

Geraldine Brooks

8bbe12a

one in five Muslim girls lives today in a community that sanctions some sort of interference with her genitals.

Geraldine Brooks

0aaebef

month--the money gives the women at least a small degree of discretion in spending and the prestige that comes from contributing to the family budget.

Geraldine Brooks

9c5c957

I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied child.

leisure

Geraldine  Brooks

b62443f

the heart of a prophet is not his own to bestow.

ministry

Geraldine  Brooks

c57f5bf

Disappointment is a beautiful woman reading Ayn Rand.

Geraldine  Brooks

bf8c772

There was malachite green, and red; the intense red known as worm scarlet--tola'at shani in Hebrew--extracted from tree-dwelling insects, crushed up and boiled in lye. Later, when alchemists learned how to make a similar red from sulfur and mercury, they still named the color "little worm"--vermiculum. Some things don't change: we call it vermilion even today."