Paradise beneath her feet : how women are transforming the Middle East /
By: Coleman, Isobel
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BookPublisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2013.Description: xxxix, 326 p. : map ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780812978551; 0812978552Subject(s): Women's rights -- Middle East | Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Muslim women -- Social conditions -- Middle EastDDC classification: 305.48/697/0956 Online resources: Location Map
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Discusses how Muslim men and women are fighting for equality and basic rights for women through progressive interpretations of Islam, chronicling the political struggles of those in the Middle East and Asia who struggle to create more political, educational, and economic opportunities for other women.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 305.486970956 CO PA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0049521 |
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| 305.48697 AR AB Arab women's activism and socio-political transformation : | 305.48697 AR AB Arab women voice new realities | 305.48697092 NA LA Laughing all the way to the Mosque | 305.486970956 CO PA Paradise beneath her feet : | 305.488914 BR CH Challenging the NGOs : | 305.488927 AM AR Arab women in Arab news : | 305.488927 DI FF The Differential Impact of Women's Participation in the Arab Spring : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-313) and index.
Why women matter -- Gender jihad -- Revolutionary sisters : Iran -- Under the crescent moon : Pakistan -- Redirecting jihad : Afghanistan -- Channeling Khadijah : Saudi Arabia -- Daughters of Zainab : Iraq.
Discusses how Muslim men and women are fighting for equality and basic rights for women through progressive interpretations of Islam, chronicling the political struggles of those in the Middle East and Asia who struggle to create more political, educational, and economic opportunities for other women.