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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2006) 2 (1): 1–32.
Published: 01 March 2006
...Diane Singerman DIANE SINGERMAN  1 RESTORING THE FAMILY TO CIVIL SOCIETY: LESSONS FROM EGYPT Diane Singerman  otions of civil society that focus...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2005) 1 (3): 122–125.
Published: 01 November 2005
...Farha Ghannam The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism , ( Middle East Studies beyond Dominant Paradigms ), Sonbol Amira El-Azhary . Syracuse : Syracuse University Press , 2000 . 292 pages. $ 49.95 /cloth $19.95 paper. Copyright © 2005 Association for Middle East...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2015) 11 (3): 340–342.
Published: 01 November 2015
...Neha Vora A Society of Young Women: Opportunities of Place, Power, and Reform in Saudi Arabia Le Renard Amélie Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press , 2014 . 224 pages. isbn 9780804785440 Copyright © 2015 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2015...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2009) 5 (1): 80–93.
Published: 01 March 2009
..., or husbands. It also shows that some women were subjected to violence during childhood and adolescence. The study points to the lack of legislation and official organizations to protect women from violence and suggests ways and means of dealing with the problem in Qatari society. Dr. Kaltham al-Ghanim...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2009) 5 (2): 104–106.
Published: 01 July 2009
...Khanum Shaikh Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law and Society , Souaiaia Ahmed E. . Albany : State University of New York Press , 2008 . Pp. xiv, 195 . ISBN 978-0-7914-7397-9 . Copyright © 2009 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2009 104  JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2010) 6 (1): 129–131.
Published: 01 March 2010
...Mastoureh Fathi Becoming Visible in Iran: Women in Contemporary Iranian Society , Honarbin-Holliday Mehri . London : Tauris Academic Studies . Pp. xii, 205 . ISBN 978-1-84511-878-5 . Copyright © 2010 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2010...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2010) 6 (1): 131–134.
Published: 01 March 2010
...Neha Vora Women in Civil Society: The State, Islamism, and Networks in the UAE , Krause Wanda . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2008 . Pp. vii, 264 . ISBN 0-230-60956-3 . Copyright © 2010 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2010...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2006) 2 (2): 143–146.
Published: 01 July 2006
...Rita Stephan Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy and Society , Doumato Eleanor Abdella Posusney Marsha Pripstein , eds. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner , 2003 . Copyright © 2006 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2006...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2008) 4 (1): 135–138.
Published: 01 March 2008
...Sabra J. Webber Spirits of Palestine: Gender, Society, and Stories of the Jinn , Rothenberg Celia E. . Lanham, MD : Lexington Books , 2004 . Pp. xii, 148 . ISBN 0-7391-0643-0 . Copyright © 2008 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2008...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2016) 12 (3): 411–415.
Published: 01 November 2016
... for women’s morality that is a feature of Lebanese society more generally, the authors show how young women, to a greater degree than men, navigate and respond to judgments and assumptions about their moral character. With its keen observations about gender differences in the relationships among morality...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2021) 17 (3): 449–453.
Published: 01 November 2021
...Mostafa Abedinifard The Politics of Rightful Killing: Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan . Sima Shakhsari . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2020 xxiii + 284 pages. isbn 9781478006657. Copyright © 2021 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies...
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Published: 01 November 2021
Figure 1. Syrian Ladies Aid Society at Boston’s Armistice Day Parade, 1925. Hannah Sabbagh appears at left, in white. Courtesy of the Schlesinger Library, Harvard University. More
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2024) 20 (2): 245–247.
Published: 01 July 2024
...Onur Çezik [email protected] Moral Crisis in the Ottoman Empire: Society, Politics, and Gender during WWI . Çiğdem Oğuz . London : Tauris , 2021 . xv + 225 pages. isbn 9780755642533 . Copyright © 2024 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2024 In an era...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2025) 21 (1): 112–114.
Published: 01 March 2025
...Merve Kütük-Kuriş [email protected] Anti-Veiling Campaigns in Turkey: State, Society, and Gender in the Early Republic Sevgi Adak Tauris , 2022 222 pages. isbn 9781784537920 Copyright © 2025 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2025 This book...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2008) 4 (2): 81–86.
Published: 01 July 2008
... of Gender in Muslim Societies Azza Basarudin, University of California, Los Angeles Research Roundtable of Southern California Scholars held at the AUniversity of California, Los Angeles, on February 13, 2008, brought together sixteen faculty and graduate students to share...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2014) 10 (3): 133–136.
Published: 01 November 2014
...Lynne Dahmen Women’s Writing and Muslim Societies: The Search for Dialogue, 1920 – Present , Gemie Sharif . Cardiff : University of Wales Press , 2013 . 194 pages. ISBN 100708325408 . Copyright © 2014 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2014...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2014) 10 (3): 109–124.
Published: 01 November 2014
... that there is no gender equality in Arab society in Israel, a conviction stronger among male teachers. Transition of Arab society from traditional to modern society has not eliminated the patriarchal regime. Improved education of women and their professional promotion have not ensured gender equality. Changes...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2006) 2 (3): 71–101.
Published: 01 November 2006
... class, in the present work we examine this program’s gender implications. In addition to the role it played in the emergence of the ethno-working class, the program significantly contributed to the reproduction and reinforcement of a gender-based division of labor in Israeli society. This double-edge...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2016) 12 (1): 31–49.
Published: 01 March 2016
... in society have enriched Saudi women’s literary expression and perception of character. In portraying male characters, women have increasingly steered away from flat, stereotyped, and preconceived notions of men to more balanced and informed representations of men’s behaviors and positions in society. Saudi...
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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2025) 21 (1): 48–67.
Published: 01 March 2025
... in society ranging from religious rituals to holidays to medicine. This article approaches Ibn al-Ḥājj’s text by considering its genre, context, and themes of health and gender. Then it discusses his use of the category of intention as it relates to examples dealing with the female body and two case studies...