Summary of Phyllis Chesler's An American Bride in Kabul

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#1 I was 18 when I met my prince. He was a foreign student from Afghanistan who wore designer sunglasses and a silk handkerchief in the breast pocket of his well-made suit. I was curiously indifferent towards Afghanistan, and the country never came up in our conversations.

#2 I was a good Jewish woman, and as such, I was not supposed to sleep with a man before marriage. But I had to marry Abdul-Kareem, because there was no other way for me to travel with him in the Muslim world.

#3 I was a complete fool to marry Abdul-Kareem. I believed that marriage to him would grant me all the freedoms that I never experienced as a child. I was wrong. After I returned to America, I literally kissed the ground at Idlewild Airport.

#4 I married Abdul-Kareem in a civil ceremony in Poughkeepsie, New York. We had no family present. I was starin g out the window of our ship, Le Flandre, as we landed in Southampton, England. I loved being in a city without being surrounded by towering skyscrapers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669373056

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was 18 when I met my prince. He was a foreign student from Afghanistan who wore designer sunglasses and a silk handkerchief in the breast pocket of his well-made suit. I was curiously indifferent towards Afghanistan, and the country never came up in our conversations.

#2

I was a good Jewish woman, and as such, I was not supposed to sleep with a man before marriage. But I had to marry Abdul-Kareem, because there was no other way for me to travel with him in the Muslim world.

#3

I was a complete fool to marry Abdul-Kareem. I believed that marriage to him would grant me all the freedoms that I never experienced as a child. I was wrong. After I returned to America, I literally kissed the ground at Idlewild Airport.

#4

I married Abdul-Kareem in a civil ceremony in Poughkeepsie, New York. We had no family present. I was starin g out the window of our ship, Le Flandre, as we landed in Southampton, England. I loved being in a city without being surrounded by towering skyscrapers.

#5

I loved visiting France, and I was introduced to the Muslim world through the eyes of Western dreamy painters who expressed their own sensuality by painting their European patrons dressed in elaborate turbans. I was shocked and disgusted by the country that put all its Jewish,