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...Karen G. Ruffle The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India , Abbas Shemeem Burney . Austin : University of Texas Press , 2002 . Pp. xxx + 209 . $45.00 Copyright © 2005 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2005...

... in Pakistan’s Workforce Fahd Ali Raza Iqra University, Karachi INTRODUCTION Pakistan has come a long way since 1947. The progress made in terms of industrialization and electronics has only been outdone by military research. However...

...Roger Friedland; Janet Afary Abstract This article examines the nature of informal marriages using data from a 2018 survey of over ten thousand Facebook users in seven Muslim-majority countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, Tunisia, and Turkey. The article explores current attitudes...

... Khan’s book tackles the vexed subject of representation, in this case addressing questions of the patriarchal law of zina (which defines and censures “illicit sex”) in Pakistan, a law that was promulgated in 1979 under the rubric of the Hadood Ordinances. She argues that be- cause of the ongoing...

... as “the topsy-turviness” of life—the uncertainties and difficulties noncitizens experience—in the Gulf. The halaqa Amina organized were attended by a wide variety of foreign resident women from throughout Asia and the Middle East (e.g., India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Jordan...

... be excused for killing their wives if they found them in the act of adultery, while Egyptian women killing adulterous husbands could face the death penalty. In 1997, Interact criticizedcriticized thethe governmentgovernment ofof Pakistan,Pakistan, whichwhich had ratifi ed the CEDAW in March...

.... In this contribution, Ahmed turns to examine the world of the working and popular classes in Pakistan, and the undeniable increase in literalist, militant, and gender-repressive attitudes termed here “‘low’ fundamentalism.” The author maintains his more utopian, somewhat Rabelaisian view of vernacular culture...

... successfully ad- dressed some of the diff erences between Westernestern aandnd IIslamicslamic ssystems.ystems. Th e fourth chapter, by Gail Richardson, examines zak∂t, an Islamic fi nancial institution designed specifi cally for social justice through the example of Pakistan. Th e title is a bit...

... for doctoral work a decade later she approached Sondra to guide her study on women’s religious activism in Pakistan. Our relationship to Sondra, then, has been that of junior scholars in the field of gender studies who have been mentored by Sondra, and it is from this vantage point that we...

..., Pakistan, Palestine, Tunisia, and Turkey, this survey casts light on new avenues of partnership and familial configurations that challenge the orthodox matrimonial framework, complicating traditional narratives that mostly ascribe informal marriages to socioeconomic adversities. Another piece...

... since its creation in 2000 and, in 2003, designed and expanded it into a regional program. Prior to joining Global Rights, Bordat worked for NGOs in Pakistan, Egypt, and the Netherlands, where she conducted fieldwork and legal research on women’s human rights issues. She has volunteered...

... through anticolonial critique (124). Hito Steyerl’s defense of “the poor image” from e-flux Journal no. 10 provides the implicit analytic framework for Mannes-Abbott’s essay. The poor image appears again in Timothy P. A. Cooper’s chapter on “the black market archive” of film piracy in Pakistan...

... Pakistan” (2003). In Th e Book and the Roses, Raudvere assumes the reader has prior knowledge of Sufi sm, Islam’s mystical tradition. Th e key words in the title refer to the Qur’an as scriptural basis and roses as mys- tical love, both of which guide Sufi s in daily life. Raudvere...

... Turkish culture in much of its class, ethnic, and regional variety is the host culture. Women from the United States as well as from Guatemala, Pakistan, the Netherlands, and Australia have their tales to tell. Written with a sharp eye for telling small details, these stories can...

...- ity,” based on the idea that “social order is founded on the disciplining of women.” “Moral panic” is further explored in Hooria Khan’s essay on the criminalization of female non-heterosexuality in Pakistan. Yet another productive theme is that of the “territorialization” of women’s...

... Moudawana (shari‘a-based family law); and identity politics behind contradictory visions of women’s rights in contemporary Pakistan. Part 4 examines civil, religious, and customary moral regulations in contemporary Bangladesh; the changing marital patterns and sexual...

... of these developments, Badran is unsurpassed in her attention to historical detail and factual evidence. Though the majority of her evidence draws from Egypt, she extends her command of history to include Turkey, Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, and Syria. Her work thus makes...

... of age, and child care on the work premises for all government offices and factories. Afkhami and members of the Central Council of the organization traveled to the So- viet Union, China, Iraq, Pakistan, and India, among others, to exchange views on issues related to the status of women. Relations...

... of these developments, Badran is unsurpassed in her attention to historical detail and factual evidence. Though the majority of her evidence draws from Egypt, she extends her command of history to include Turkey, Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, and Syria. Her work thus makes...

...). This is not the case in Iran (other than among Armenians and Assyrians), Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and most areas of Turkey and Iraq, where people have been drinking tea for many decades. Notwithstanding these small criticisms, I feel the authors have done wonderful work in presenting...