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Coleman, Isobel.
Subjects
Women's rights -- Middle East.
Women's rights -- Islamic countries.
Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
Women in Islam.
Muslim women -- Middle East -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Social conditions.
Muslim women.
Feminism -- Middle East.
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islamic renewal -- Middle East.
Islamic modernism -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Social conditions.
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Coleman, Isobel.
Women's rights -- Middle East.
Women's rights -- Islamic countries.
Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
Women in Islam.
Muslim women -- Middle East -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Social conditions.
Muslim women.
Feminism -- Middle East.
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islamic renewal -- Middle East.
Islamic modernism -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Social conditions.
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Paradise beneath her feet : how women are transforming the Middle East / Isobel Coleman.
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Coleman, Isobel.
Random House, 2013, c2010.
Call #:
305
.48
C692p
Subjects
Women's rights -- Middle East.
Women's rights -- Islamic countries.
Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
Women in Islam.
Muslim women -- Middle East -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Social conditions.
Muslim women.
Feminism -- Middle East.
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islamic renewal -- Middle East.
Islamic modernism -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Social conditions.
ISBN:
9781400066957 (hc : alk. paper)
1400066956 (hc : alk. paper)
9780812978551 (trade pbk. ed.)
0812978552 (trade pbk. ed.)
Description:
xxix, 315 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"A Council on Foreign Relations book."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-313) and index.
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.
Summary:
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.
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