Mapping Arab women's movements : a century of transformations from within /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cairo, Egypt ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2012.
Description:	xvi, 392 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women, Arab. Women -- Arab countries -- History. Feminism -- Arab countries -- History -- 20th century. Feminism -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century. Women. Women, Arab. Arab countries. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8855738

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Other authors / contributors:	Arenfeldt, Pernille. Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan, 1961-
ISBN:	9789774164989 9774164989
Notes:	"Dar el Kutub No. 24791/11"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Arab Women's Movements: Developments, Priorities, and Challenges
2. Convergences and Divergences: Egyptian Women's Activisms over the Last Century
3. Challenges and Opportunities: The Women's Movement in Syria
4. The Iraqi Women's Movement: Past and Contemporary Perspectives
5. Women's Rights Activism in Lebanon
6. Harvests of the Golden Decades: Contemporary Women's Activism in Jordan
7. Discovering the Positive within the Negative: Palestinian Women's Movements
8. A Long, Quiet, and Steady Struggle: The Women's Movement in Yemen
9. Fashioning the Future: The Women's Movement in Kuwait
10. The 'Makings' of a Movement 'by Implication': Assessing the Expansion of Women's Rights in the United Arab Emirates from 1971 until Today
11. North American Muslim Women's Movements and the Politics of Islamic Feminine Hermeneutics
Appendix: Women's Movements in the Gulf Countries United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Center for Women
Index

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