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wantok
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 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:06 pm Post subject: Score 1 for Woman's Bildungsroman |
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...In the Kingdom of Men is the story of Gin�s many transgressions.
It�s also the story of Westerners in the Middle East. Gin and her husband, Mason, grow up in Oklahoma, then move to Saudi Arabia in 1967 for Mason�s job with Aramco, the Arabian American Oil Company. Inside the gated compound where Aramco employees live, it�s country-club suburbia. �Houseboys� tidy up; husbands go off to work; wives laze in bathing suits by the pool and have discreet affairs. �You take a bunch of healthy men and women, fence them up in the middle of the desert, throw in some sadiqi juice and see what happens,� one woman tells Gin. �It�s like �Peyton Place� around here.� Outside are the realities of Saudi Arabia: women can�t walk alone or drive, and must dress in modest attire...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/books/review/in-the-kingdom-of-men-by-kim-barnes.html?adxnnl=1&ref=books&adxnnlx=1346623221-6vvN/0AmP5tPQo6Xwb5raw |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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Doesn't matter,,, ARAMCO puts like 1% of TEFLers in that compound. Too bad for you...
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