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Dancing in the mosque : an Afghan mother's letter to her son / by Qādirī, Ḥumayrā,1979 or 1980-author.; Stanizai, Zaman,translator.;
'Dancing in the Mosque' is an exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mothers unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. A Dewey Diva Pick.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Qādirī, Ḥumayrā, 1979 or 1980-; Women social reformers; Women;
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My name is not Harry : a memoir / by Siddiqui, Haroon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Veteran Toronto Star editor Haroon Siddiqui, brown and Muslim, has spent a life on the media front lines, covering conflicts both global and local. Siddiqui's journey took him from a divided India to a welcoming Canada--until the cataclysm of 9/11 hardened attitudes to Muslims around the world. His personal story weaves through growing Islamophobia in both India and North America. Siddiqui's experiences in the corridors of power in newsrooms and warzones are threaded with insights about historic changes in the last seventy years in India and Canada. His native and adopted lands serve as metaphors for what can go wrong and what can be made right."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Siddiqui, Haroon.; Islamophobia; Islamophobia; Muslims; Muslims; Muslims; Newspaper editors;
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Act like a lady : questionable advice, ridiculous opinions, and humiliating tales from three undignified women / by Knight, Keltie,1982-author.; Vanek, Jac,author.; Tobin, Becca,1986-author.;
"The hosts of the popular podcast and E! show LadyGang offer a relatable, empowering, and hilarious take on being unapologetically yourself (even if that's not always your best self) in a manifesto that redefines womanhood for the twenty-first century lady"--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Women; Femininity;
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A thousand splendid suns / by Hosseini, Khaled;
Subjects: Arranged marriage; Families; Friendship;
© c2007., Viking Canada,
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The women's history of the modern world : how radicals, rebels, and everywomen revolutionized the last 200 years / by Miles, Rosalind,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Now is the time for a new women's history--for the famous, infamous, and unsung women to get their due--from the Enlightenment to the #MeToo movement. Recording the important milestones in the birth of the modern feminist movement and the rise of women into greater social, economic, and political power, Miles takes us through through a colorful pageant of astonishing women, from heads of state like Empress Cixi, Eugenia Charles, Indira Gandhi, Jacinda Ardern, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to political rainmakers Kate Sheppard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Stout, Dorothy Height, Shirley Chisholm, Winnie Mandela, STEM powerhouses Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Rosalind Franklin, Sophia Kovalevskaya, Marie Curie, and Ada Lovelace, revolutionaries Olympe de Gouges, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Patyegarang, and writer/intellectuals Mary Wollstonecraft, Simon de Beauvoir, Elaine Morgan, and Germaine Greer. Women in the arts, women in sports, women in business, women in religion, women in politics--this is a one-stop roundup of the tremendous progress women have made in the modern era. A testimony to how women have persisted--and excelled--this is a smart and stylish popular history for all readers.
Subjects: Women revolutionaries; Women revolutionaries; Women; Women; Women; Women;
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Resilience and triumph : immigrant women tell their stories / by Luther, Rashmi,editor.; Book Project Collective,editor.; Feminist History Society.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Women immigrants; Women immigrants; Women immigrants;
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The power of disability : 10 lessons for surviving, thriving, and changing the world / by Etmanski, Al,1947-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From a longtime disability rights activist comes this moving window into the lives of people with disabilities and the lessons they can teach us"--
Subjects: People with disabilities; Disability awareness.; Resilience (Personality trait);
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Unmasking autism : discovering the new faces of neurodiversity / by Price, Devon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society's narrow understanding of neurodiversity"--
Subjects: Autistic girls; Autistic girls; Masking (Psychology); Neurodiversity.;
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Normal women : 900 years of making history / by Gregory, Philippa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? That the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was started and propelled by women who were protesting a tax on women? Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were inferior to men, but that they'd evolve to become ever more inferior? These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory's "Normal Women". In this ambitious and groundbreaking book, she tells the story of England over nine hundred years, for the very first time placing women-some 50 percent of the population-center stage. Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records, newspapers, and journals to find highwaywomen and beggars, murderers and brides, housewives and pirates, female husbands and hermits. The "normal women" you will meet in these pages went to war, ploughed fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency, and built ships, corn mills, and houses. They committed crimes, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things, and rioted. A lot. A landmark of scholarship and storytelling, "Normal Women" chronicles centuries of social and cultural change-from 1066 to modern times-powered by the determination, persistence, and effectiveness of women.
Subjects: Women;
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Valley of the Birdtail : an Indian reserve, a white town, and the road to reconciliation / by Sniderman, Andrew Michael Stobo,1983-author.; Sanderson, Douglas,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope. In the town of Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants, the average family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. By contrast, the average family on the Waywayseecappo reserve lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many living in the shadow of the residential school system. Valley of the Birdtail is about how these two communities became separate and unequal--and what it means for the rest of us. The book follows multiple generations of two families and weaves their experiences within the larger story of Canada. It is a story with villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation. A story with the ambition to change the way people think about Canada's past, present, and future."--
Subjects: First Nations; First Nations;
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