“With her combined expertise on fundamentalism, feminism, and human rights, Tax . . . shows what it means to view aspects of the Middle East through these basic prisms. . . . [A Road Unforeseen] is a welcome addition to the growing literature in English on the Kurds and will be mined for its perspectives and insights for years to come. ‘Any movement for real transformation,’ she insists, ‘must make the demands of women central.’ This superb book will be an essential resource for this question in the years to come.”