Al-Ali, Nadje and Pratt,
Nicola, What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq,
Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 2009
What Kind of Liberation?
Women and the Occupation of Iraq by
Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt argues that Iraqi women were worse off after the
2003 invasion. It covers a myriad of issues they faced during the U.S.
occupation such as violence, being targeted by religious groups, and
marginalization by the new political system. The book is inconsistent and a bit
dated. For all the information about how difficult it was for women in
post-Saddam Iraq it goes into all kinds of women’s organizations that may not
even be around today. Still it’s a worthwhile read because there are so few
books on women’s issues in Iraq.