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Paradise beneath her feet : how women are transforming the Middle East / Isobel Coleman.
Van Pelt Library HQ1236.5.M65 C65 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coleman, Isobel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's rights--Middle East.
- Women's rights.
- Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Muslim women--Middle East--Social conditions.
- Muslim women.
- Middle East.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 315 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [2010]
- Summary:
- In this timely book, Coleman journeys through the strategic crescent of the greater Middle East--Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan--to reveal how activists are working within the tenets of Islam to create economic, political, and educational opportunities for women. Coleman argues that these efforts are critical to bridging the conflict between those championing reform and those seeking to oppress women in the name of religious tradition.
- Contents:
- Why women matter
- Gender jihad
- Revolutionary sisters: Iran
- Under the crescent moon: Pakistan
- Redirecting jihad: Afghanistan
- Channeling Khadijah: Saudi Arabia
- Daughters of Zainab: Iraq
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-303) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781400066957
- 1400066956
- OCLC:
- 436030258
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