Mother Without a Mask

Originally published in hardcover in 1991, Mother without a Mask follows the cultural journey of a Western woman who welcomes a sheik's Arab boys into her home. Curious to see their homeland, she travels to visit their mother and the other "masked" women in the sheik's harem, gaining insight into the lives of Arab women. With a new introduction, this memoir is all the more poignant today."A deeply sympathetic evaluation of culture." -Times