This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late nineteenth century. It considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, and examines the ways in which the assumptions and dominant imperialist discourses of these abolitionists were challenged by the newly established Muslim communities in England, as well as by English people who converted to or were sympathetic with Islam. While previous scholars treated antislavery activity in Egypt first and foremost as an extension of earlier efforts to abolish plantation slavery in the New World, this book considers it in terms of encounters with Islam during a period which it argues marked a new departure in Anglo-Muslim relations. This approach illuminates the role of Islam in the creation of English national identities within the global cultural system of the British Empire. This book will appeal to those with an interest in British imperial history; Islam; gender, feminism and women's studies; slavery and race; the formation of national identities; global processes; Orientalism; and Middle Eastern studies. -- .

This is a short fairytale story about an adolescent vegetable boy name Collard Green Boy. Collard Boy learns many valuable lessons. 1.That its okay to be different. Meanwhile this book explores the many adventures of growing up. 2. Facing rejection. 3. Leaving his comfort zone in "A Wonderland Garden." This book also introduces youths that change and meeting new people can be very rewarding. Many young children and adults don't like eating vegetables; this book will engage the ages of 5 to 105 with its funny vegetable characters in "A Wonderland Garden." This youthful boy finds out that its okay to be yourself, and obeying his parents. Sometimes change can be a positive and rewarding experience in growing up even as a vegetable youth.