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In the shadow of Islam

An extraordinary evocation of the desert and its people by a woman who dressed as a man in order to travel alone and unimpeded throughout North Africa In 1897 Isabelle Eberhardt, at the age of 20, left an already unconventional life in Geneva for the Morroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness and the desire to break free from the confinements of her society she traveled into the desert, and into the heart of Islam. Her experiences inspired a profound self-examination, and a book that today is regarded as one of the true classics of travel writing. In the current political climate, it is also a book uncannily current in its treatment of the culture of Islam in North Africa. One of the most astonishing travel documents of all time, this book is also a feminist classic in its own right.

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  • "Dans l'ombre chaude de l'Islam"@en

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  • "An extraordinary evocation of the desert and its people by a woman who dressed as a man in order to travel alone and unimpeded throughout North Africa In 1897 Isabelle Eberhardt, at the age of 20, left an already unconventional life in Geneva for the Morroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness and the desire to break free from the confinements of her society she traveled into the desert, and into the heart of Islam. Her experiences inspired a profound self-examination, and a book that today is regarded as one of the true classics of travel writing. In the current political climate, it is also a book uncannily current in its treatment of the culture of Islam in North Africa. One of the most astonishing travel documents of all time, this book is also a feminist classic in its own right."@en
  • "Eberhardt was born in Geneva, Switzerland, to an aristocratic Lutheran German mother and a Russian father who was a political activist, ex-priest, and convert to Islam. Isabelle was well-educated, including becoming fluent in Arabic and many other languages. She often dressed as a man in order to get along in the world (at the time, women were not allowed to many things, so dressing as a man overcame this societal obstacle). She traveled to North Africa with her mother in May, 1897, and they both converted to Islam. Soon after, her mother died but Eberhardt remained in Africa, making northern Algeria her home and exploring the desert. Dressed as a man, calling herself Si Mahmoud Essadi, Eberhart traveled in Arabic society, including the secret Sufi brotherhood, Qadriya. She married Slimane Ehnni, an Algerian soldier, in 1901. Eberhardt wrote of her travels in many books and French newspapers, including Nouvelles Algériennes [Algerian News] (1905), Dans l'Ombre Chaude de l'Islam [In the Hot Shade of Islam] (1906), Les journaliers [The Day Laborers] (1922). On October 21, 1904, Eberhardt died in a flash flood in Aïn Sefra, Algeria."
  • "Isabelle Eberhardt vécut un destin aussi court que spectaculaire. Issue d'une famille russe émigrée à Genève, Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) s'installe à vingt ans en Algérie. Elle se convertit par la suite à l'islam, rompant de ce fait avec les moeurs de son temps, et parcourt les oasis algériennes vêtue en cavalier arabe. La découverte de ces contrées influencera l'oeuvre et la vie de cette jeune femme disparue à vingt-sept ans, noyée dans une crue en plein désert. Elle laisse derrière elle une littérature importante considérée comme un des meilleurs témoignages ethnographiques sur la population algérienne du début du XXè siècle."
  • "Aventurière disparue en 1904 à vingt-sept ans, l'auteur s'est réfugiée en Afrique du Nord après une série d'épreuves, déguisée en étudiant. Ce texte contient ses méditations, réflexions, angoisses, nostalgies ..."

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  • "In the shadow of Islam"
  • "In the shadow of Islam"@en
  • "Im heißen Schatten des Islam"
  • "Dans l'ombre chaude de l'islam"
  • "Dans l'ombre chaude de l'Islam. 16. mille"
  • "Dans l'ombre Chaude de l'Islam"
  • "Dans L'Ombre Chaude de L'Islam"
  • "Dans lo̕mbre chaude de li̕slam"
  • "Islamin siimeksessä"@fi
  • "Dans l'Ombre chaude de l'Islam : Isabelle Eberhardt [u.] Victor Barrucand"
  • "Im heissen Schatten des Islam"@en
  • "Im heissen Schatten des Islams"
  • "Dans l'Ombre chaude de l'Islam"
  • "Dans l'ombre chaude de l'Islam"
  • "In the Shadow of Islam"@en
  • "Dans l'ombre chaude de l'Islam. 3. mille"

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