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• catalog abstract "The lives of Arab women today are complex, diverse and far more multi-faceted than those of the one-dimensional creatures of veiled passivity who inhabit the imaginations of so many Western "experts." In most Arab countries, women face constricting laws and social customs that hold them back from full participation in their societies. Some, as a result, lead lives of passive submission. But others rage against those institutional obstacles, organize other women to challenge male domination of their public and private lives, and seize every opening, large or small, to move the rights of women at least that one next step. Arab women labor in dangerous factories and unmechanized fields, they keep families intact and care for their children without access to modern technology; sometimes even without electricity or clean water. But they also fill medical and engineering schools in universities throughout the Arab world; they are creating some of the greatest art and literature of their rich cultures; they serve bravely in overwhelmingly male parliaments; and they organize and fight-with or without men's consent-for incremental democratic gains, and sometimes for their own rights as women. This collection brings together a distinguished cast of Arab women writers and other experts and analyzes the lives, the diverse roles and the means of overcoming the challenges that confront women in today's Arab societies. Essays examine feminism, women's education and daily lives, women's views of Islam and women Islamists, and women's roles in war and literature. It also includes interviews with women political leaders such as Palestine's Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi and Jordan's Leila Sharaf. -- Back cover.".
• catalog contributor b9700533.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "1. Women and politics in the Middle East / Sarah Graham-Brown -- 2. Women's rights in the Arab world / Ramla Khalidi and Judith Tucker -- 3. Palestine's Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi : an interview / Suha Sabbagh -- 4. Jordan's Leila Sharaf : an interview / Abla Amawi -- 5. Women's rights : an affair of state for Tunisia / Richard H. Curtiss -- 6. Women and work in the Arab world / Nadia Hijab -- 7. The status of women in Syria / Bouthaina Sha'aban -- 8. Women and public participation in Yemen / Sheila Carapico -- 9. Formal education and training in non-traditional jobs / Samira Harfoush-Strickland -- 10. Women and the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia / Nagat el-Sanabary -- 11. Women's education in Jordan / Abla Amawi -- 12. The case of Lebanon / Hala Maksoud -- 13. The effects of war on women in Lebanon / Julinda Abu Nassr -- 14.".
• catalog description "26. "Hassiba Ben Bouali, if you could see our Algeria" : women and public space in Algeria / Susan Slyomovics -- 27. State and gender in the Maghrib / Mounira Charrad -- 28. Women in Kuwait / Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra -- 29. Arab women and literature : an overview / Bouthaina Sha'aban -- 30. An interview with Iraq's Lami'a Abbass Ammara / Samer M. Reno -- 31. An interview with Syria's Kamar Keilany / Suha Sabbagh -- 32. The hidden history of Arab feminism / Bouthaina Sha'aban.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-257) and index.".
• catalog description "Lebanon's civil war through different eyes : an interview with Jean Said Makdisi / Suha Sabbagh -- 15. Palestinian women and institution building / Suha Sabbagh -- 16. The declarations of principles on Palestinian women's rights : an analysis / Suha Sabbagh -- 17. The women's document : a tool for women's empowerment and struggle : an interview with Eileen Kuttab -- 18. The women's movement on the West Bank / Rita Giacaman -- 19. Women in Islam : the mother of all battles / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith -- 20. Women and property rights in Islam / Abla Amawi -- 21. Feminism comes of age in Islam / Fadwa el Guindi -- 22. Muslim women and fundamentalism / Fatima Mernissi -- 23. Economic and political liberalization in Egypt and the demise of state feminism / Mervat F. Hatem -- 24. Gender and family in the Arab world / Suad Joseph -- 25. Gender and civil society : an interview with Suad Joseph / Joe Stork --".
• catalog description "The lives of Arab women today are complex, diverse and far more multi-faceted than those of the one-dimensional creatures of veiled passivity who inhabit the imaginations of so many Western "experts." In most Arab countries, women face constricting laws and social customs that hold them back from full participation in their societies. Some, as a result, lead lives of passive submission. But others rage against those institutional obstacles, organize other women to challenge male domination of their public and private lives, and seize every opening, large or small, to move the rights of women at least that one next step. Arab women labor in dangerous factories and unmechanized fields, they keep families intact and care for their children without access to modern technology; sometimes even without electricity or clean water. But they also fill medical and engineering schools in universities throughout the Arab world; they are creating some of the greatest art and literature of their rich cultures; they serve bravely in overwhelmingly male parliaments; and they organize and fight-with or without men's consent-for incremental democratic gains, and sometimes for their own rights as women. This collection brings together a distinguished cast of Arab women writers and other experts and analyzes the lives, the diverse roles and the means of overcoming the challenges that confront women in today's Arab societies. Essays examine feminism, women's education and daily lives, women's views of Islam and women Islamists, and women's roles in war and literature. It also includes interviews with women political leaders such as Palestine's Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi and Jordan's Leila Sharaf. -- Back cover.".
• catalog extent "xxvii, 267 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Arab women.".
• catalog identifier "1566561876 (pbk.)".
• catalog identifier "156656199X (hardcover)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Arab women.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Olive Branch Press,".
• catalog relation "Arab women.".
• catalog spatial "Arab countries".
• catalog spatial "Arab countries.".
• catalog subject "305.42/0917/4927 20".
• catalog subject "Feminism Arab countries.".
• catalog subject "HQ1170 .A73 1996".
• catalog subject "Muslim women Arab countries.".
• catalog subject "Women Arab countries Social conditions.".
• catalog subject "Women in Islam Arab countries.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Women and politics in the Middle East / Sarah Graham-Brown -- 2. Women's rights in the Arab world / Ramla Khalidi and Judith Tucker -- 3. Palestine's Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi : an interview / Suha Sabbagh -- 4. Jordan's Leila Sharaf : an interview / Abla Amawi -- 5. Women's rights : an affair of state for Tunisia / Richard H. Curtiss -- 6. Women and work in the Arab world / Nadia Hijab -- 7. The status of women in Syria / Bouthaina Sha'aban -- 8. Women and public participation in Yemen / Sheila Carapico -- 9. Formal education and training in non-traditional jobs / Samira Harfoush-Strickland -- 10. Women and the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia / Nagat el-Sanabary -- 11. Women's education in Jordan / Abla Amawi -- 12. The case of Lebanon / Hala Maksoud -- 13. The effects of war on women in Lebanon / Julinda Abu Nassr -- 14.".
• catalog tableOfContents "26. "Hassiba Ben Bouali, if you could see our Algeria" : women and public space in Algeria / Susan Slyomovics -- 27. State and gender in the Maghrib / Mounira Charrad -- 28. Women in Kuwait / Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra -- 29. Arab women and literature : an overview / Bouthaina Sha'aban -- 30. An interview with Iraq's Lami'a Abbass Ammara / Samer M. Reno -- 31. An interview with Syria's Kamar Keilany / Suha Sabbagh -- 32. The hidden history of Arab feminism / Bouthaina Sha'aban.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Lebanon's civil war through different eyes : an interview with Jean Said Makdisi / Suha Sabbagh -- 15. Palestinian women and institution building / Suha Sabbagh -- 16. The declarations of principles on Palestinian women's rights : an analysis / Suha Sabbagh -- 17. The women's document : a tool for women's empowerment and struggle : an interview with Eileen Kuttab -- 18. The women's movement on the West Bank / Rita Giacaman -- 19. Women in Islam : the mother of all battles / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith -- 20. Women and property rights in Islam / Abla Amawi -- 21. Feminism comes of age in Islam / Fadwa el Guindi -- 22. Muslim women and fundamentalism / Fatima Mernissi -- 23. Economic and political liberalization in Egypt and the demise of state feminism / Mervat F. Hatem -- 24. Gender and family in the Arab world / Suad Joseph -- 25. Gender and civil society : an interview with Suad Joseph / Joe Stork --".
• catalog title "Arab women : between defiance and restraint / edited by Suha Sabbagh.".
• catalog type "text".