Research Catalog

Title

Faith and freedom : women's human rights in the Muslim world / edited by Mahnaz Afkhami.

Publication

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Afkhami, Mahnaz
• Religion, Culture, and Women's Human Rights in the Muslim World (1994 : Washington, D.C.).

Description

xi, 244 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Papers chiefly presented at a conference titled "Religion, culture, and women's human rights in the Muslim world," held Sept. 9-10, 1994 at the American University in Washington, D.C., and sponsored by Sisterhood Is Global Institute.

Series Statement

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East

Uniform Title

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.

Alternative Title

Faith & freedom

Subject

• Börngen, ..
• Muslim women
• Women's rights > Islamic countries
• Women's rights > Islam
• Muslim women > Congresses
• Women's rights > Islamic countries > Congresses
• Women's rights > Islam > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Papers chiefly presented at a conference titled "Religion, culture, and women's human rights in the Muslim world," held Sept. 9-10, 1994 at the American University in Washington, D.C., and sponsored by Sisterhood Is Global Institute.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Mahnaz Afkhami -- Reflections on the politics of gender in Muslim societies : from Nairobi to Beijing / Deniz Kandiyoti -- Arab women's rights and the Muslim state in the twenty-first century :reflections on Islam as religion and state / Fatima Mernissi -- Dichotomy between religious and secular discourse in Islamic societies / Abdallahi An-Na'im -- Muted voices of women interpreters / Bouthaina Shaaban -- Networking for change : the role of women's groups in initiating dialogue on women's issues / Farida Shaheed -- Rhetorical strategies and official policies on women's rights : the merits and drawbacks of the new world hypocrisy / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Ambiguity of Shari'a and the politics of 'Rights' in Saudi Arabia / Eleanor Abdella Doumato -- Politics of dishonor : rape and power in Pakistan / Shahla Haeri -- Muslim refugee, returnee, and displaced women : challenges and dilemmas / Sima Wali -- S.O.S. Algeria : women's human rights under siege / Karima Bennoune -- Women's human rights on trial in Jordan : the triumph of Toujan al-Faisal / Nancy Gallagher -- Appendix : 'They insult us ... and we elect them!!' / Toujan al-Faisal.

ISBN

• 0815626673 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0815626681 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95021150^

OCLC

32664892

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Harvard Library