Caroline Moorehead

Thinly veiled threats

A new kind of unrest is making itself felt throughout the Arab world. Women are beginning to assert themselves and voice their frustrations, says <em>Caroline Moorehead</em>

  • Sex and the Citadel

    Shereen El Feki

    Chatto, pp. 368

No one could ever accuse Shereen El Feki of lacking in courage. To spend five years travelling around the Arab world in search of dildos, questioning women about foreplay and anal sex, is not a task many writers would relish. Sex and the Citadel is a bold, meticulously researched mini Kinsey Report, rich in anecdote and statistics.

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