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April Fonti is a travel writer, photographer and former photo editor whose features have appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Newspaper among others.
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"A gripping, affecting account of a woman's travels in hidden worlds." - Kirkus Reviews
"As the world looks on and judges those women who wear head coverings, people argue the justification of such subjugation. Are these women's rights being violated? Perhaps it takes an outsider, a woman from outside of this culture, to infiltrate, if only temporarily, to understand the perspective both from within and from the outside. Australian author April Fonti undertook this challenge and has written a fascinating travelogue/memoir that follows her travels through Pakistan, Sweden and Iran." - Readers' Favorite
"As the world looks on and judges those women who wear head coverings, people argue the justification of such subjugation. Are these women's rights being violated? Perhaps it takes an outsider, a woman from outside of this culture, to infiltrate, if only temporarily, to understand the perspective both from within and from the outside. Australian author April Fonti undertook this challenge and has written a fascinating travelogue/memoir that follows her travels through Pakistan, Sweden and Iran." - Readers' Favorite
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- PublisherCharcoal Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0994313233
- ISBN 13 9780994313232
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages186
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