These amazingly frank and courageous Islamic women are storytellers who lived through stirring times. Their active struggle against French colonialism challenged and redefined traditional Moroccan ideas about women's roles in society.

Along with their stories, VOICES OF RESISTANCE presents an introduction to each women in terms of her family background and personal style. Allusions to Moroccan history and popular culture, including contemporary songs and poems, give readers a vivid sense of what their lives were like and are like today.

Their lives illuminate issues such as feminism and nationalism in Third World countries, women in an Islamic society, and women's roles in social change.

Early readers call VOICES OF RESISTANCE "insightful," "engaging" and "must reading."

"Captures the tension between tradition and modernist yearnings for freedom and autonomy in both personal and public life."
-- Ronald J. Grele, Director, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University

"A very demanding and meticulous work [that is] a unique and valuable document on a history twice condemned to omission: because it is oral and because it is women's."
-- Leila Abouzeid, author, Year of the Elephant

"Baker is an excellent guide to her subjects. Her comments throughout are important and insightful."
-- William A. Hoisington, Jr., Department of History, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Must reading for students of women's contribution to politics and change in Muslim societies...Unforgettable narratives of courage and perseverance...[that have] immediacy, spontaneity and openness."
-- Mahnaz Afkhami, Director, Sisterhood is Global Institute, author of Women in Exile

"The women's oral histories are engaging and give a sense of the distinct personal styles and personalities of the individual Moroccan activist women."
-- Marcia K. Hermansen, San Diego State University

For information about the 56-minute film based on the book, Still Ready: Three Women from the Moroccan Resistance, which has been enthusiastically received at professional meetings around the country, call Florence Janovic at 212.687.1761 or e-mail Sensibly@aol.com.

About the Author

Alison Baker has taught, travelled and lived in Morocco for almost a decade. For this work, she has had the cooperation of the High Commission for Veterans of the Resistance, the Research Institute of Mohammed V University and other Moroccan scholars. A Ph.D. in Asian Studies and History from George Washington University, she taught at New York University and directed the School for International Training College Semester Abroad program in Morocco.

Baker has also been a consultant on international programs for the Ford Foundation and a Foreign Service Information Officer.

Voices of Resistance:
Oral Histories of Moroccan Women
by Alison Baker
State University of New York Press
State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246-0001
To order, call 800.666.2211

A volume in the SUNY series in Oral and Public History, Michael Frisch, editor.

65 b/w photos, 1 map
352 pages
Paperback, $24.95 ISBN 0-7914-3622-5
Hardcover, $74.50 ISBN 0-7914-3621-7

For more information, contact:

Florence Janovic
Sensible Solutions
212.687.1761
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