...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...

... THE FAMILY TO CIVIL SOCIETY: LESSONS FROM EGYPT Diane Singerman  otions of civil society that focus on voluntary associations, interest Ngroups, and a communicative public realm lead to rather bleak prog- noses...

...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...

...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...

..., 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...

...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...

...Mastoureh Fathi BOOK REVIEWS  129 Book Reviews  Becoming Visible in Iran: Women in Contemporary Iranian Society Mehri Honarbin-Holliday. London: Tauris Academic...

... students, university libraries would do well to add it to their collections. Women in Civil Society: Th e State, Islamism, and Networks in the UAE Wanda Krause. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. vii, 264. ISBN 0-230-60956-3...

...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...

...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...

... 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...

...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...

... 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...

...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...

... 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...

... 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...

... 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...

... at the impact that new bodily practices, such as scouting and sports, had on gender relations within Muslim Algerian society during the last three decades of French rule. It contrasts the reformist discourse of the Islamic islah movement on women’s “emancipation” and education with the aspirations of young...

... be concomitantly anchored in real practices, in perceptions of difference among their practices by members of Ghagar communities, and in external discourse. Egyptian media tend to project an image of the Ghagar as a society in which women are more powerful than men—which has a negative connotation. The article...