Summary of phyllis chesler's an american bride in kabul

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #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.