Unveilings: A Desert Journey, 1973-1983Patricia Taylor, 2006 M01 24 - 144 páginas Unveilings, first published in 2004 and now in its 2nd edition, reveals the author's Middle East experiences during the 1970s and 80s, continues with Capitol Hill experiences including 9-11 when the author lived on Capitol Hill, and ends with a 21st Century view of the Iraq War and current events including the ISIS threat. During these years of global power shifts, the author's world view transformed from innocent to knowledgeable and far more sophisticated. In this world of new realities, she understood the threat to women's rights and to all human rights. As the author traversed a raw, desert land ruled by strict Sunni Islam, she realized the inevitable clash of cultures looming on the horizon. In the United States in 1973, Roe v. Wade ruled unconstitutional a state law that banned abortions; thereby strengthening women's rights and freedoms. In that same year, the Arab Oil Embargo greatly empowered the Saudi nation ruled by Sunni Islam as petrodollars poured into a nation with no respect for women or democracy. Storm clouds gathered on the horizon; women's rights were at the center of the storm. Middle East nations, one by one, fell under a black veil; and on September 11, 2001, the storm came to America. Now, in 2014, war rages in the Middle East; in America, women, once more, fight for women's rights and for all human rights. |
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Adora Clark Taylor airport Allen American ancient Arabic arrived Aviv beautiful Bedouin began Beirut believe build Cairo camel Camp Darby Capitol Hill Chet Chet's Christian Christmas Clark Taylor CHAPTER colorful compound Corps of Engineers date palms Dead Sea Desert Journey Dhahran drivers drove Egypt Egyptian energy enjoyed excavated flight Florida friends happy hospital Iraq Islam Israel Israeli Italy Jeddah Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Jordan Journey by Patricia King knew Lebanon Leroy lived located looked Maryland Middle East military modern Moslem mother Nahed Nahed's Okinawa palace Palestinian Patricia Adora Clark Patti peace prayed President Preston Randy religious Revlon Riyadh Sadat Saudi Arabia Sea of Galilee Sinai story Suddenly surgery Tel Aviv University Tirrenia told tour traveled UNVEILINGS A Desert valley Wadi Hanifa walked walls wanted woman women Woodberry