The Greater Freedom, Alya Mooro
The Greater Freedom, Alya Mooro
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The Greater Freedom
Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes

Author: Alya Mooro

Narrator: Alya Mooro

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/01/2019

Synopsis

The greater freedom is to be who you actually are; to be able to live your life in the way you deem best, free from any sort of restriction to do that, or fear of repercussions for doing so.Egyptian-born and London-raised, Alya Mooro grew up between two cultures and felt a pull from both. Where could she turn for advice and inspiration when it seemed there was nobody else like her? Today, Mooro is determined to explore and explode the myth that she must identify either as ‘Western’ or as one of almost 400 million other ‘Arabs’ across the Middle East.Through countless interviews and meticulous research, as well as her own unique experience, Mooro gives voice to the Middle Eastern women who, like her, don’t fit the mould. Women under pressure to conform to society’s ideals of how a woman should look and behave, what she should want and be. Women who want to think and act and love freely, without feeling that every choice means ‘picking a side’. Women who are two things at once and, consequently, neither.Part memoir, part social exploration, this is a book for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.

About Alya Mooro

Alya Mooro was born in Cairo in 1989. She has written for publications including Grazia, Refinery29, the Washington Post and the Telegraph on everything from social commentary and fashion to lifestyle. She holds a BA in Sociology and Psychology from City University and a Masters in Journalism from Westminster.Alya runs the cult blog alyamooro.com and has collaborated with brands including Nike, ASOS and Absolut. She has guested on numerous national radio stations including BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra, where she was invited to speak about topics including the need for increased diversity in the media.She is a representative voice both for her generation and for multicultural women everywhere and was featured in a spread in the August 2017 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, where she was selected as part of a new generation of ‘globetrotting Arab women who embody [a] cosmopolitan legacy’.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Khurram on June 22, 2020

Home, heart and soul An excellent book. One of the things I really liked about his book is it actually fit better as I read more of it, especially the last few chapters. I don't agree with everything in this book, it is probably 70% to 30%. I have always considered London home more the anywhere else.......more

Goodreads review by Amal on January 22, 2020

Reading books has been such a huge part of my life. I have always loved reading about other people's lives. But it's only recently, especially with the rise of representation in books, that I have been trying to read more books written by and that are about people whom I can relate to, hence my exci......more

Goodreads review by Liv on October 14, 2019

I was lucky enough to pick The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes up an Amazon First Reads as otherwise I may not have heard of the book for a while. Admittedly, I do not tend to read my Amazon First Reads within the first month of getting them, however I was ver......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 08, 2019

I couldn't help thinking that 'The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes' was an unusual sort of book to include in the September Amazon First Reads list. Fortunately, this month we were offered two books as this one wouldn't have been my first choice. I found the bo......more

Goodreads review by MiA on October 21, 2019

I was elated to come across this title: Finally, a feminist book about the women of the Middle East that is actually written by a woman from the Middle East, I told myself. I couldn't believe my luck when I requested this book on NetGalley and got approved for an early edition. Overall, I found the......more

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