Gender and Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa

Informationen zum Autor Zahia Smail Salhi is Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, The University of Manchester. Klappentext This book aims to highlight the dynamics of gender relations and the diversity which characterises the lives of Middle Eastern and North African women. This book was published as a special issue of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Zusammenfassung This book aims to highlight the dynamics of gender relations and the diversity which characterises the lives of Middle Eastern and North African women. This book was published as a special issue of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Gender and Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa Zahia Smail Salhi 2. Masculinity in Crisis: The Case of Palestinians in Israel Amalia Sa’ar and Taghreed Yahia-Younis 3. The Central Role of the Family Law in the Moroccan Feminist Movement Fatima Sadiqi 4. Steps to the Integration of Moroccan Women in Development Moha Ennaji 5. Gender Equality in Tunisia Amel Grami 6. Party Politics of the AKP (2002 – 2007) and the Predicaments of Women at the Intersection of the Westernist, Islamist and Feminist Discourses in Turkey Ayse Gunes Ayata and Fatma Tutuncu 7. Women and Media in Saudi Arabia: Rhetoric, Reductionism and Realities Naomi Sakr 8. Iraqi Women and Gender Relations: Redefining Difference Nadje Al-Ali 9. The Discursive Occupation of Afghanistan Anila Daulatzai 10. Gender, Citizenship and Political Agency in Lebanon Lina Khatib 11. Gender and Violence in Algeria: Women’s Resistance against the Islamist Femicide Zahia Smail Salhi

Product details

• Authors: Zahia Smail (University of Leeds Salhi
• Assisted by: Zahia Smail Salhi (Editor), Salhi Zahia Smail (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2010
• EAN: 9780415549752
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54975-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls