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Mernissi, Fatima.: Scheherazade Goes West (Paperback, 2001, Washington Square Press)

Fatema Mernissi, the world-renowned Islamic feminist, has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women …

Naive attempt

The author is not understanding the west at all and haven't made even a slight attempt to do so. But for me the book is revealing of the sheer gap between the east and west

Stephen Greenblatt: The Swerve

One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work …

Enlightening and inspirational

I liked it very much. It's indeed enlightening the history of Renaissance and the swirls of human thoughts and ideas from antiques to present. Good reading for anyone who iives in fear.