Superman is an Arab : on God, marriage, macho men and other disastrous inventions /

Superman is an Arab : on God, marriage, macho men and other disastrous inventions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ḥaddād, Jumānah Sallūm
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Westbourne Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Women > Middle East > Social conditions.
Masculinity > Middle East.
Arabs > Social conditions.
Middle East > Social conditions.
Arab countries > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Title
  • Contents
  • Once upon a time ...
  • Why this book?
  • The poem Lost and found
  • The rant In praise of egoism
  • The narrative Note to the reader
  • How it all started (in general)
  • The poem Beginning again
  • The rant Heads or tails
  • The narrative Genesis, not the way they'd like to think it occurred
  • How it all started (for me)
  • The poem A love metaphor
  • The rant In and out
  • The narrative Close encounters with the second kind
  • The disastrous invention of monotheism
  • The poem Saying grace
  • The rant Why not.
  • The narrative Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife nor donkey
  • The disastrous invention of the original sin
  • The poem All over again
  • The rant Politically incorrect questions
  • The narrative The bad, the evil and the ugly
  • The disastrous invention of machismo
  • The poem Think again
  • The rant The macho's rule book
  • The narrative Balls come with a price
  • The disastrous invention of the battle of the sexes
  • The poem I am a woman
  • The rant He says she says
  • The narrative 'Arab Spring', they claim
  • The disastrous invention of chastity
  • The poem Recipe for the insatiable.
  • The rant Penis: directions for use
  • The narrative Abandon all innocence ye who enter here
  • The disastrous invention of marriage
  • The poem Still
  • The rant Dynamics of a millenary gaffe
  • The narrative I take thee to be my temporary love
  • The disastrous invention of getting old
  • The poem The artichoke theory
  • The rant So what?
  • The narrative We can all be Peter Pan
  • Their beautiful voices in my head
  • Letter to my sons
  • Happily ever after ...
  • Further reading
  • Acknowledgements
  • Copyright.