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Author Holt, Maria, author.

Title Women, Islam and resistance in the Arab world / Maria Holt, Haifaa Jawad.

Publication Info. Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Incorporated, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (221 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface -- Women and Islamism in the Arab world -- Islamic discourses on women and violence -- Expressions of resistance : women and the Arab Spring -- Islam and revolution : Shiite women in Lebanon -- Islam and resistance : Iraqi women -- The violence of occupation : Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip -- The way forward -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Women -- Arab countries -- Social conditions.
Women and religion -- Arab countries.
Women and war -- Arab countries.
Political participation -- Arab countries -- 21st century.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Jawad, H. A., author.
Other Form: Print version: Holt, Maria. Women, Islam and resistance in the Arab world. Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Incorporated, 2013 ix, 211 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN 9781588269256 (alk. paper)
9781626376588 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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