Unbowed: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism

by Khalida Messaoudi

Book Overview

In 1993, a handwritten envelope arrived in Khalida Messaoudi's mailbox. In it was an official communique announcing that she had been condemned to death by the Islamic Salvation Front. This letter came after a series of threats and an attempt on her life in retaliation for her role as a leader of the feminist and democratic movements in Algeria and a fierce opponent of Islamic fundamentalism.

Messaoudi did not flee from this threat by seeking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812216571
• ISBN13: 9780812216578
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"