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The author of Emma's War offers a compelling account of the link between Muslim women's rights, Islamist opposition to the West, and the Global War on Terror, as explored through the experiences of two fascinating female champions from opposing sides of the conflict: Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali and neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui. With Emma's War: An Aid Worker, A Warlord, Radical Islam and the Politics of Oil, journalist Deborah Scroggins achieved major international acclaim; now, in Wanted Women, Scroggins again exposes a crucial untold story from the center of an ongoing ideological war-laying bare the sexual and cultural stereotypes embraced by both sides of a conflict that threatens to engulf the world.

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Wanted Women reads like a mystery as one event unfolds into another. . . . Thought-provoking and thorough, Scroggins s comprehensive book offers a unique perspective on the tensions between Islam and the West as seen through the life stories of two very different and influential women. --Christian Science Monitor

This meticulously researched, skillfully narrated account offers a nuanced look at political Islam and the war on terror through the eyes of two women on the front lines. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Scroggins attempts to give a thorough biographical treatment to two women who remain enigmas, despite their status as public figures. The book alternates between each woman's story, making for riveting suspense. . . . A fascinating story that reflects this polarized era. --Washington Post

Wanted Women reads like a mystery as one event unfolds into another. . . . Thought-provoking and thorough, Scroggins's comprehensive book offers a unique perspective on the tensions between Islam and the West as seen through the life stories of two very different and influential women. --Christian Science Monitor

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A journalist and nonfiction author, Deborah Scroggins holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University. Her first book, Emma's War: An Aid Worker, A Warlord, Radical Islam and the Politics of Oil, was translated into ten languages and won the Ron Ridenhour Prize for reflecting the values of truth-telling and social justice. Scroggins has also written for Vogue, Granta, The Nation, the Sunday Times Magazine and many other publications. As a foreign correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she won two Overseas Press Club awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and a Sigma Delta Chi award for her coverage of Africa and the Middle East. She lives with her family in Massachusetts.

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