Our Women on the Ground
Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World. Foreword by Chirstiane Amanpour
(Sprache: Englisch)
Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour
"A stirring, provocative and...
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Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour"A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés." -Dwight Garner, The New York Times
A growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern sahafiyat-female journalists-are working tirelessly to shape nuanced narratives about their changing homelands, often risking their lives on the front lines of war. From sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo to the difficulty of traveling without a male relative in Yemen, their challenges are unique-as are their advantages, such as being able to speak candidly with other women at a Syrian medical clinic or attend an exclusive beauty contest for sheep in Saudi Arabia.
In Our Women on the Ground, nineteen of these women tell us, in their own words, about what it's like to report on conflicts that (quite literally) hit close to home. Their daring and heartfelt stories, told here for the first time, shatter stereotypes about the region's women and provide an urgently needed perspective on a part of the world that is frequently misunderstood.
INCLUDING ESSAYS BY: Donna Abu-Nasr, Aida Alami, Hannah Allam, Jane Arraf, Lina Attalah, Nada Bakri, Shamael Elnoor, Zaina Erhaim, Asmaa al-Ghoul, Hind Hassan, Eman Helal, Zeina Karam, Roula Khalaf, Nour Malas, Hwaida Saad, Amira Al-Sharif, Heba Shibani, Lina Sinjab, and Natacha Yazbeck
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The Woman QuestionHannah Allam
When I speak before Western audiences about my years covering the war in Iraq as a journalist for McClatchy Newspapers, someone inevitably asks, "What was it like to be a woman over there?"
"Well, I've never been there as a man, so I'm not sure I can compare," is the clever way some of my friends reply to the same question.
I remind myself to borrow the line, but I can never quite remember to use it because when I hear the question, I see faces. Ban. Shatha. Sahar. Faten. Huda. Alaa. Jinan. Raghad. I think of the slivers of Iraq that they and many other women showed me, spaces that were off-limits to my male colleagues. Kitchens where meals were prepared without electricity. A bedroom with a mortar crater in the ceiling. A beauty salon that banned political talk so customers could get their hair done in peace. "Ladies' hours" at the Babylon Hotel swimming pool, where sunshine hit bare skin and the war lurked just over a tall concrete barrier.
Reporting on Iraq through the eyes of its women was illuminating, but, perhaps more important, it was more representative of the population as a whole. Years of bloodshed had left Iraq with a population that was more than half women, many of them heads of households because their men were dead or missing or exiled. When the "woman question" comes up at public talks, I explain the importance of covering women's stories by evoking the grisly math of car bombings.
At the height of the sectarian war, in 2006, car bombings were so commonplace that we stopped reporting on them unless twenty or more people were killed. For a year I didn't bother to set my alarm before going to sleep because I knew I'd be awakened every morning by a thunderous boom. It wasn't unusual to record daily car bomb death tolls of eighty or more. Because the most frequent targets were government and police buildings, the vast majority of the casualties were
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men.
Consider those numbers for a moment: eighty dead men meant eighty new widows and dozens of newly fatherless children. Every day. That meant that each week, more than five hundred Iraqi women suddenly became the sole providers for their families, setting their own devastation aside to keep their children fed and housed. They sold their wedding gold to buy bread. They felt like burdens on the extended families who took them in.
At their most desperate, some women entered into so-called temporary marriages that weren't intended to last long. Essentially, these marriages were prostitution with a thin religious veneer: men with money to spare would pay the women in exchange for sex, but because the couple was technically "married," however briefly, the arrangement was deemed legitimate according to some Shi'a Islamic rulings.
A widow named Nisreen told me her hands shook and her face reddened with shame when she signed a temporary marriage contract in exchange for fifteen dollars a month plus groceries and clothes for her five children.
"My son calls me a bad woman, a prostitute. My children have no idea I did this for their sake," Nisreen said.
Before I first traveled to Iraq in the summer of 2003, I read an article in Rolling Stone in which a U.S. military officer marveled at the toughness of Iraqi women and mused that the advance might not have been so easy had U.S. forces faced the country's women. It was a comment meant to emasculate the men as much as it praised the women, and I would hear many versions of it when I was around U.S. troops.
Even in the Middle East, where there is no shortage of heartache, Iraqi women are known to be particularly tough. The guttural Iraqi accent only underlines that reputation. Nelly, a chain-smoking, melodramatic Egyptian hairdresser in Baghdad, once whispered to me that Iraqi women were the region's most beautiful-until they opened their mouths.
I observed that tough exterior in hundreds of Iraqi women I met ov
Consider those numbers for a moment: eighty dead men meant eighty new widows and dozens of newly fatherless children. Every day. That meant that each week, more than five hundred Iraqi women suddenly became the sole providers for their families, setting their own devastation aside to keep their children fed and housed. They sold their wedding gold to buy bread. They felt like burdens on the extended families who took them in.
At their most desperate, some women entered into so-called temporary marriages that weren't intended to last long. Essentially, these marriages were prostitution with a thin religious veneer: men with money to spare would pay the women in exchange for sex, but because the couple was technically "married," however briefly, the arrangement was deemed legitimate according to some Shi'a Islamic rulings.
A widow named Nisreen told me her hands shook and her face reddened with shame when she signed a temporary marriage contract in exchange for fifteen dollars a month plus groceries and clothes for her five children.
"My son calls me a bad woman, a prostitute. My children have no idea I did this for their sake," Nisreen said.
Before I first traveled to Iraq in the summer of 2003, I read an article in Rolling Stone in which a U.S. military officer marveled at the toughness of Iraqi women and mused that the advance might not have been so easy had U.S. forces faced the country's women. It was a comment meant to emasculate the men as much as it praised the women, and I would hear many versions of it when I was around U.S. troops.
Even in the Middle East, where there is no shortage of heartache, Iraqi women are known to be particularly tough. The guttural Iraqi accent only underlines that reputation. Nelly, a chain-smoking, melodramatic Egyptian hairdresser in Baghdad, once whispered to me that Iraqi women were the region's most beautiful-until they opened their mouths.
I observed that tough exterior in hundreds of Iraqi women I met ov
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Autoren-Porträt
Zahra Hankir is a Lebanese-British journalist who writes about the intersection of politics, culture, and society in the Middle East. Her work has appeared in Vice, BBC News, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg Businessweek, Roads & Kingdoms, and Literary Hub, among others. She was awarded a Jack R. Howard Fellowship in International Journalism to attend the Columbia Journalism School and holds degrees in politics and Middle Eastern studies.Christiane Amanpour (foreword) is CNN’s chief international anchor and host of the network’s award-winning, flagship global affairs program Amanpour, which also airs on PBS in the United States. She is based in the network’s London bureau. Christiane’s illustrious career in journalism spans more than three decades. After joining CNN in 1983, Amanpour rose through the organization, becoming the network's leading international correspondent reporting on international crises in the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Palestinian territories, Iran, Sudan, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, Egypt, and Libya. Amanpour has interviewed most of the top world leaders over the past two decades and has received every major broadcast award, including an inaugural Television Academy Award, eleven News and Documentary Emmys, four Peabody Awards, and nine honorary degrees. In 2014, she was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame and in 2018 was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, and a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Amanpour is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2019, 304 Seiten, 11 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 12,8 x 19,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Zahra Hankir
- Verlag: PENGUIN BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 0143133411
- ISBN-13: 9780143133414
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.01.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Refreshing (and long overdue) . . . Will appeal to readers of all genders and backgrounds who want to broaden their understanding of the Arab world. NPR
A refreshing anthology of essays by female writers whose work cut through the many clichés of Middle East reporting. Their accounts provide honest and raw depictions, recounted from their own experiences and from other women whose stories are often overlooked when reporting on foreign policy and conflict.
The New York Times
It has been many years since I have, at the end of a book, felt compelled immediately to start again from the beginning. . . . [A] superb compendium of reporting by Arab women . . . Intelligence and depth of insight . . . radiate[s] from these brilliant journalists.
Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg
Excellent.
n+1
A masterpiece . . . [and] an absolute must-read.
Bust
Truly groundbreaking.
InStyle
Powerful.
Bustle
Incredibly eye-opening.
Cosmopolitan
Showcases journalism at its bravest. Determination, grit and humour shine through the writing of reporters who frequently face opposition from their own families.
The Guardian, The Best Books of 2019
Refreshing and revelatory . . . A rich mosaic of an often-misunderstood region . . . [that] allows the authors to represent themselves not merely as female journalists or Arabs but as full human beings.
Ms. Magazine
Several of the[se women] have reported bravely on the conflict in Syria and the travails of women living under ISIS rule. . . . They provide a perspective and a range of contacts and ideas born of experience that had previously been largely missing.
The New York Review of Books
These nineteen brief, riveting essays argue for a more honest, experiential approach [to journalism].
The Times Literary Supplement
These voices and stories are much needed.
Book Riot
In an era where the truth is put up for debate, let s celebrate these women, who venture into
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conflict to get at the truth.
Refinery29
Remarkable [and] illuminating.
Booklist (starred review)
[A] timely and affecting collection . . . [that] will appeal greatly to readers interested in global women s issues, journalism, and the modern Arab world. . . . Heartrending and deeply humanistic.
Library Journal (starred review)
Offering a blend of memoir, war reporting, cultural commentary, history, and politics, these powerful essays deliver insightful analysis.
Publishers Weekly
These stories from the field are rare and remarkable. . . . A timely, engaging work that reveals why the journalist s profession is so important and so endangered.
Kirkus
Powerful [and] essential.
BookPage
Candid, evocative and above all, daring.
Harper's Bazaar Arabia
[A] pioneering collection . . . Journalism at its most honest and reflective.
The Arts Desk
Provides an intimate glimpse into the courage and pressures bearing on the determined women who report on their own homelands.
Chatham House
Inspiring and extraordinary.
Stylist
A beautiful book of gripping and illuminating essays.
America Magazine
A compelling and gripping read.
Middle East Monitor
A revelation.
The National
Out of the gloom of the Middle East, this book brims with new voices Arab women reporting on their world as no one else has seen it. A terrific read, full of insight and surprise.
David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Billion Dollar Spy
This astounding, affecting collection offers a sweeping panorama of the contemporary Arab experience. . . . Rich with understanding and sincere emotional connection.
Megan K. Stack, author of Women s Work
A remarkable book that fills a tremendous gap . . . The voices of these trailblazing women are even more vital today.
Hassan Hassan, New York Times bestselling co-author of ISIS
A dazzling book that elegantly demonstrates how to tell stories with humility, affection, and truthfulness.
Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick Jihad and Guest House for Young Widows
Stark and haunting. I loved this book. . . . A must-read.
Janine di Giovanni, author of The Morning They Came for Us
With steely courage and pens of fire, these sahafiyat Arab female journalists tell the stories of their countries conflicts, providing rigor, depth and insight few outside commenters could match.
Molly Crabapple, co-author and illustrator of Brothers of the Gun and author of Drawing Blood
The journalists in this book have demonstrated the highest professional achievements and courage. . . . Without them, the stories of today and tomorrow will remain only partly told.
Christiane Amanpour, from the Foreword
Refinery29
Remarkable [and] illuminating.
Booklist (starred review)
[A] timely and affecting collection . . . [that] will appeal greatly to readers interested in global women s issues, journalism, and the modern Arab world. . . . Heartrending and deeply humanistic.
Library Journal (starred review)
Offering a blend of memoir, war reporting, cultural commentary, history, and politics, these powerful essays deliver insightful analysis.
Publishers Weekly
These stories from the field are rare and remarkable. . . . A timely, engaging work that reveals why the journalist s profession is so important and so endangered.
Kirkus
Powerful [and] essential.
BookPage
Candid, evocative and above all, daring.
Harper's Bazaar Arabia
[A] pioneering collection . . . Journalism at its most honest and reflective.
The Arts Desk
Provides an intimate glimpse into the courage and pressures bearing on the determined women who report on their own homelands.
Chatham House
Inspiring and extraordinary.
Stylist
A beautiful book of gripping and illuminating essays.
America Magazine
A compelling and gripping read.
Middle East Monitor
A revelation.
The National
Out of the gloom of the Middle East, this book brims with new voices Arab women reporting on their world as no one else has seen it. A terrific read, full of insight and surprise.
David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Billion Dollar Spy
This astounding, affecting collection offers a sweeping panorama of the contemporary Arab experience. . . . Rich with understanding and sincere emotional connection.
Megan K. Stack, author of Women s Work
A remarkable book that fills a tremendous gap . . . The voices of these trailblazing women are even more vital today.
Hassan Hassan, New York Times bestselling co-author of ISIS
A dazzling book that elegantly demonstrates how to tell stories with humility, affection, and truthfulness.
Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick Jihad and Guest House for Young Widows
Stark and haunting. I loved this book. . . . A must-read.
Janine di Giovanni, author of The Morning They Came for Us
With steely courage and pens of fire, these sahafiyat Arab female journalists tell the stories of their countries conflicts, providing rigor, depth and insight few outside commenters could match.
Molly Crabapple, co-author and illustrator of Brothers of the Gun and author of Drawing Blood
The journalists in this book have demonstrated the highest professional achievements and courage. . . . Without them, the stories of today and tomorrow will remain only partly told.
Christiane Amanpour, from the Foreword
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