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Two articles particularly stand out: Suha Omar argues that the improvement of women's rights in Iraq is a sham. The government insists on at least five children per mother and uses the General Federation of Iraqi Women to police women and to procure them for high officials. Omar concludes that, given the realities of Saddam's Iraq, "women's equality before the law and their right to vote and hold office are sources of pain and oppression rather than pleasure and liberation." Faleh 'Abd al-Jabbar explains that the anti-Saddam revolt of March 1991 (called the intifada) failed because the exiled opposition leadership misjudged the mood in Iraq, "overestimating the strength of Saddam's appeal to Iraqi patriotism." Had the exiles been more bold, he writes, they could have led the Kurds and Shi'is to victory over the despot.
Middle East Quarterly, March 1995

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The book is excellent, however. It talks about creating Goddess altars, gives meditations for each of the Goddesses presented, and lays out detailed instructions for creating the figures within. There are many Goddesses presented from many different cultures. Some of the statues are very simple to create, others require more skill, meaning it will take some time to grow out of the activities in this book.
Buy the book, use Sculpey clay instead, and you've got an interesting activity for many meditative afternoons.