Geraldine brooks nine parts of desire is a fascinatingly rich portrait of a little known world that lifts the veil on the lives of islamic women this is the insightful thought provoking and at times humorous story of geraldine brooks quest to discover the truth about women and islam from adopting a chador as camouflage to taking meetings with queen noor of jordan and former iranian . Nine parts of desire the hidden world of islamic women paperback by geral brooks geraldine isbn 9780868246260 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Nine parts of desire the hidden world of islamic women is a non fiction book by australian journalist geraldine brooks based on her experiences among muslim women of the middle east it was an international bestseller translated into 17 languages the book deals with cultural and religious practices describes positive as well as negative experiences and in parts is critical of cultural practices related to the oppression of women brooks stated that she as stated by canadian . The english title nine parts of desire refers to an alleged saying that if god had divided sexual desire in ten parts he had given nine of them to women the book tries to penetrate the hidden world of muslim women i enjoyed the fact of knowing that the journalist who had conducted that field research was a jew and i found the read entertaining