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Virgins of Paradise

by Barbara Wood

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As young girls from the upper-class Rasheed family in Cairo, Jasmine and Camelia are carefully schooled in Egyptian ritual by their enigmatic grandmother. As they mature and break away from strict Muslim custom, they are catapulted in unorthodox directions. To the family's horror, Camelia becomes an exotic dancer. At the age of 16, Jasmine is married off to her cousin, who abuses her physically and psychologically. When he divorces her after a rape scandal, Jasmine is banished and forced to leave her children behind. She pursues her dream of becoming a doctor and only returns to Cairo when mysteriously summoned by her grandmother.

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Han pasado muchos años; Jasmine regresa a su casa natal en la calle de las Vírgenes del Paraíso, en El Cairo. Ahora es médica, y ha sabido romper con la dependencia a la que está condenada la mujer en su país. Es prácticamente occidental en sus valores, pero cuando se encuentra frente a su abuela Amira no puede evitarlo: el pasado irrumpe impetuoso entre las junturas de su nueva vida.
Las Vírgenes del Paraíso es una rigurosa panorámica de la historia reciente de Egipto, una sobria crónica de la condición de la mujer en el mundo musulmán y, sobre todo, la emotiva historia de una mujer que vivió dicha condición y supo escapar a ella.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:52 -0400)

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