Paradise beneath her feet : how women are transforming the Middle East / Isobel Coleman.
2010
HQ1236.5.M65 C65 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Paradise beneath her feet : how women are transforming the Middle East / Isobel Coleman.
Author
Coleman, Isobel.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781400066957 (alk. paper)
1400066956 (alk. paper)
1400066956 (alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Random House, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xxix, 315 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
HQ1236.5.M65 C65 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.48/6970956
Summary
This volume presents a portrait of real Muslim women that reveals how Islamic feminists successfully argue that gender inequality is contrary to both Islamic spirit and law. The author examines the "gender jihad" waged by male and female feminists in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, arguing that 20th-century efforts to achieve quick results, such as anti-veiling laws, actually "sow[ed] the seeds for decades worth of Islamic backlash," hurting women more than helping. Today, those fighting for women's advancement are working with and within the culture, rather than against it in education, business, and politics to forge "a legitimate Islamic alternative to the current repressive system." The author reveals how activists are working within the tenets of Islam to create economic, political, and educational opportunities for women. She 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 and that success will bring greater stability and prosperity to the Middle East and stands to transform the region.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Why women matter : the payoff from women's rights
Gender jihad : the rise of Islamic feminism
Revolutionary sisters : Iran
Under the crescent moon : Pakistan
Redirecting jihad : Afghanistan
Channeling Khadijah : Saudi Arabia
Daughters of Zainab : Iraq
Conclusion : unveiling the future.
Gender jihad : the rise of Islamic feminism
Revolutionary sisters : Iran
Under the crescent moon : Pakistan
Redirecting jihad : Afghanistan
Channeling Khadijah : Saudi Arabia
Daughters of Zainab : Iraq
Conclusion : unveiling the future.