Good books about the plight of women in the Middle East...?

There's a series called "Girls of Many Lands" and in this series, there's a book about a girl from Istanbul....It's really, really good! Here's a little about it:

While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul. Finding herself in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules, although it offers Leyla an unexpected opportunity during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the 1720s. On the voyage, Leyla is in awe of how vast the world is. But Leyla soon discovers her voyage will lead her to slavery. She is bought at a market and taken to the Topkapi Palace, the secret world of women, where her life changes forever.

This book is called "Leyla: The black tulip" and it's by Alev Lytle Croutie.

Enjoy! =)

Read Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

This one has a little different twist.

A true story called: Not Without My Daughter

Another one is: I Dared To Call Him Father