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Tarnowska, Wafa’

Amazing Women of the Middle East: 25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day

112 pp. | Crocodile | September, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62371-870-1 $19.95
(3) 4-6 Beginning in the fourteenth century BCE with Egyptian ruler Nefertiti, Tarnowska introduces notable figures from Middle Eastern history through modern times. Each four-page biography opens with a full-page portrait (in different styles; five illustrators are mentioned at book's end). Subjects include artists, activists, an astronaut, a soldier, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, scientists, and "the first figure skater...to compete internationally in a hijab." Along the way, the impressionistic text provides insight into what life is like for women in this region and how their lives have changed. A map and glossary are included; no sources are provided.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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