As you travel your way through contextual information about Women of Sand and Myrrh, please complete an AHA chart that has FOUR colomns: 1, main ideas/important points 2, AHA's/surprises/interesting points 3, questions that arise and 4, a prediction about the novel. 
A proficient grade requires 1. active engagement and 2. at least 20 thoughtful entries on your chart in the first 3 colomns, and a thorough prediction.

1. Read this review of the novel.
   
2. Read the author's background.
3. Reflect on some prejudgments you hear and/or make about people from the Middle East. 
   
4. Compare yours to the typical misperceptions and stereotypes here.
5. View these images. 
   
6. Reflect on the images you just saw while viewing the video entitled "Media Depictions of Women" found here. 
7. Read interview questions and answers # 10, 11, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27.
8. Skim this interview where Shaykh talks about another of her books.
   
9. Google and explore a map of the Middle East (make sure it is recent).
   
10. Use National Geographic to explore one (or more) of the following Middle Eastern places: Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Israel, or Iran.
    
11. Preview the book (not online, physically).