Women, Islam, and Resistance in the Arab World /

Women, Islam, and Resistance in the Arab World / / Maria Holt, Haifaa Jawad.

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How are women in the Arab world negotiating the male-dominated character of Islamist movements? Is their participation in the Islamic political project--including violent resistance against foreign invasion and occupation--the result of coercion, or of choice? Questioning assumptions about female po...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
Holt, Maria,
Jawad, Haifaa,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2013
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (211 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Women and Islamism in the Arab World
  • 2 Islamic Discourses on Women and Violence
  • 3 Expressions of Resistance: Women and the Arab Spring
  • 4 Islam and Revolution: Shiite Women in Lebanon
  • 5 Islam and Resistance: Iraqi Women
  • 6 The Violence of Occupation: Palestinian Women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
  • 7 The Way Forward
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book

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