In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi King [Paperback]

"In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith." - Gail Sheehy<br><br>The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones.<br><br>Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in motion. On a whim, she accepts an exciting position in Saudi Arabia. This is not just a new job; this is a chance at adventure in an exotic land she thinks she understands, a place she hopes she will belong. <br><br>What she discovers is vastly different. The Kingdom is a world apart, a land of unparralled contrast. She finds rejection and scorn in the places she believed would most embrace her, but also humor, honesty, loyalty and love. <br><br>And for Qanta, more than anything, it is a land of opportunity. A place where she discovers what it takes for one woman to recreate herself in the land of invisible women.Chapter 1: The Bedouin Bedside<br>Chapter 2: A Time to Leave America<br>Chapter 3: My New Home, a Military Compound<br>Chapter 4: Abbayah Shopping <br>Chapter 5: Invisible and Safe<br>Chapter 6: Saudi Women Who Dance Alone<br>Chapter 7: Veiled Doctors<br>Chapter 8: The Lost Boys of the Kingdom<br>Chapter 9: A Father's Grieving <br>Chapter 10: An Invitation to God <br>Chapter 11: The Epicenter of Islam <br>Chapter 12: Into the Light <br>Chapter 13: The Child of God <br>Chapter 14: The Million-Man Wheel <br>Chapter 15: Committing Haram <br>Chapter 16: Calling Doctora <br>Chapter 17: Daughters of the Desert<br>Chapter 18: Next Stop: Absolution <br>Chapter 19lCM