Suitcase Filled with Nails:Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait
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Critical Reviews and Praise“This ‘innocent abroad,’ tells her story with vivid language, living metaphor, and above all,great story–telling skill.”– Judith Roche, author of First Fish, First People and Wisdom of the Body “Suitcase Filled with Nails is a book for thinkers, but it is an easy read...funny and descriptive. It touches on heavy issues, but never gets preachy.
This important story helps us to understand the real Middle East, in a human way” “An eye–opening look under the veil of young Muslim women that allows readers to see how similar
they are to young women everywhere... a realistic, and sometimes frightening, view of what one can
expect if you live and work in the Middle East.” “The poignant personal story of a studio arts professor in the Middle East... a must read for educators everywhere” A compellingly forthright, engagingly direct account of Yvonne Wakefield’s years teaching art to women in Kuwait, an exercise comparable with playing rugby in a china shop.
Suitcase is required reading for anyone wanting to better understand Middle Eastern culture at the (very) human level. Highly recommended.
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Artist and arts educator Yvonne Wakefield leaves a secure career and home life in the Pacific Northwest, so opposite to the climate and landscape she finds when she moves to the little desert state of Kuwait. For six years she will teach art there, to university aged Muslim women, and negotiate tribal and misogynistic land mines set by detractors who are threatened by anyone, especially a spirited American woman, who encourages freedom of expression. More than a good read, Suitcase Filled with Nails is filled with insights on working, living, and coping in a culture that transcends prevalent Middle East stereotypes. |
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