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Women, Islam, and resistance in the Arab world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holt, Maria
Other Authors: Jawad, H. A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013.
Subjects:
Women > Arab countries > Social conditions.
Women and religion > Arab countries.
Women and war > Arab countries.
Political participation > Arab countries > 21st century.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Women and Islamism in the Arab world
  • Islamic discourses on women and violence
  • Expressions of resistance : women and the Arab Spring
  • Islam and revolution : Shiite women in Lebanon
  • Islam and resistance : Iraqi women
  • The violence of occupation : Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
  • The way forward
  • Bibliography
  • Index.