In de installatie 'Encyclopedia of Pleasure' gebruikte Ghada Amer de teksten van een erotische handleiding uit de Islam van de 11de eeuw:

"In her current installation at Deitch, Ms. Amer uses passages from an 11th-century book written by a Muslim man titled the "Encyclopedia of Pleasure." In the book he earnestly tries to catalog, scientifically, all aspects of sexual pleasure for both men and women.

On the 57 boxes stacked and scattered around the gallery like moving crates summoning the idea of leaving an old home for a new one Ms. Amer fitted canvas slipcovers embroidered with sections from the encyclopedia pertaining to women, including her favorite chapter, "On the Advantages of a Nonvirgin Over a Virgin."

uit Stitch by Stitch, a Daughter of Islam Takes On Taboos in de New York Times (login: jandevries / password: jandevries).