We will read works that better contextualize how women’s status is discussed and challenged by scholars, activists, artists, poets, and politicians from the MENA region and relate them to larger global studies on women and gender. We will ask questions such as “When is a hejab just a hejab?,” “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?,” and “What is an ‘Islamic Feminist’ and Should We Care?” Readings include memoirs, editorials, ethnographies, and political treatises, as well as historical scholarship from Egypt, Algeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Palestine.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:09:38 +0000
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