The Slave Who Lied But Once A Year And Other Adult Persian Folk Tales

The Western world's fascination with the Muslim world dates back to the early 19th century. Islamic society had enormous appeal to men's romantic imaginations and male fantasies. Even today, the majority of western Islamic scholars, mostly men, travel to the countries of their specialty, meet with political leaders, clerics, and their western-educated counterparts in Middle Eastern universities. But they are missing something. Behind the courtesy extended to their male visitors, there lies a whole hidden interior world--the life of women and family--that can tell us more about the psyche of the country of choice than the polite manners of the men's world can reveal.