DAUGHTERS OF ALLAH
By Ellen Mary Wilton
Published by Miss Maisie Publications
Paperback – 274 pages
RRP $24.99
“Daughters of Allah is a fascinating glimpse through the latticework of a culture normally hidden from Western eyes”.
This book is based on Ellen Mary Wilton’s true life experiences with the Islamic culture as a young girl. An inspiring and thought-provoking story, it raises many interesting points about the way the world perceives Muslim women and Islamic cultural traditions.
When Ellen, then known as Mary, suddenly finds herself in a Muslim girls’ boarding school in Alexandria, Egypt, she is overwhelmed by the strange culture and habits of the other girls all from Muslim countries in the Middle East.
She faces such challenges as a month of Ramadan fasting, a desert sandstorm, lesbian advances, accusations and love affairs. It is a world vastly different from anything she has ever experienced before. How she copes makes fascinating reading.
Written from the point of view of a young girl, the author also offers insight from an adult perspective gained through years of study and fascination with the Middle East.
ELLEN is a born story teller as many of you who have been on her walks can testify.
She is also a popular public speaker and for years audiences, fascinated by her experience and information on the Islamic culture, have urged her to write her story. At last she has, and Daughters of Allah, is the result.
As well as meeting Ellen on a guided walk – you can meet Ellen in her book and read about her unique experience.
DAUGHTERS OF ALLAH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOOKSHOPS FROM APRIL 2010.
I hope we will meet soon on a Sydney Guided Walks Walk.
KNOWLEDGE,
FRIENDSHIP AND SOCIAL INTERACTION ARE THE GREAT OUTCOMES OF A WALK
WITH SYDNEY GUIDED WALKS.
email:
ellen@sydneyguidedwalks.com.au
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