{"product_id":"9780815601814","title":"Khul-Khaal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Our people prefer boys, because a girl's life is difficult. It's difficult in every sore of family and among all nationalities. A girl's life is not like a man's life. She has no assurance of being happy in her marriage. And her main purpose in life is to marry and to have children. A girl's and a woman's lives are a trial whatever happens. I don't know why.\"--Om Gad \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir stories are fresh and vivid, recording the various roles of being co-wife in a polygamous marriage, the complications of divorce, the rituals of female circumcision and marriage, the loss of children, life-long hate and its source, the position of witchcraft and superstition in their daily lives, primitive health practices, and managing a family's meager resources, including the gold or silver \u003ci\u003ekhul-khaal\u003c\/i\u003e anklets worn by married women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese self-portraits are fascinating reading and a mine of information for anyone interested in understanding contemporary Egyptian life. A foreword by anthropologist Andrea Rugh and photographs by Asma el-Bakry are included.","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46229701427441,"sku":"9780815601814","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780815601814_p0.jpg?v=1765311355","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780815601814","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}