Muslim women and agency : : an Australian context / / edited by Ghena Krayem, Susan Carland, with Balawyn Jones.

• TeilnehmendeR: Krayem, Ghena,; Carland, Susan,; Jones, Balawyn,
• Language: English

"Muslim women's freedom, or assumed lack thereof, has long been a Western obsession. Almost never do we ask, what does agency look like to Muslim women? Who or what do they think constrains them, and how do they challenge that? Focussing on the little-researched area of the Australian Musl...

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction / Susan Carland and Ghena Krayem
• 2. Al-Muʼminah Down Under: The Untold Stories and Legacies of Muslim Women Pioneers in Australia / Mahsheed Ansari
• 3. Muslim Women's Agency Through a Feminist Institutionalist Lens / Amira Aftab
• 4. Western and Australian Women's Agency to Counter Islamophobia / Derya Iner and Souha Korbatieh
• 5. Muslim Women's Agency in Australian Domestic Violence Services / Ghena Krayem and Mehal Krayem
• 6. The Pathology of Hyper Masculinity and Abuse in Muslim Leadership / Tasneem Chopra
• 7. The Difficulty of Muslim Women Fighting Sexism: Then and Now / Susan Carland
• 8. Rejecting the Reductionism of Muslim Women / Fadi Baghdadi
• 9. 'Left out' and 'Ignored': Experiences of Australian, Lebanese-Muslim Women with Hearing Loss / Ayah Wehbe
• 10. Finding a Way Forward: The Revival of Female Islamic Scholarship in Australia / Feda Abdo and Balawyn Jones
• 11. Politics of Representation: Overcoming the Narrow Perception of Muslim Women / Mehreen Faruqi
• Index.