Paradise beneath her feet : how women are transforming the Middle East / Isobel Coleman
By: Coleman, Isobel.
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BookPublisher: New York : Random House Grade Paperbacks, 2013Description: xxxix, 326 p. : 1 map ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780812978551.Subject(s): Women's rights -- Middle East | Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Muslim women -- Social conditions -- Middle EastDDC classification: 305.486970956 Summary: In this timely book, Coleman journeys through the strategic crescent of the greater Middle East--Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan--to reveal how activists are working within the tenets of Islam to create economic, political, and educational opportunities for women. Coleman argues that these efforts are critical to bridging the conflict between those championing reform and those seeking to oppress women in the name of religious tradition.
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In this timely book, Coleman journeys through the strategic crescent of the greater Middle East--Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan--to reveal how activists are working within the tenets of Islam to create economic, political, and educational opportunities for women. Coleman argues that these efforts are critical to bridging the conflict between those championing reform and those seeking to oppress women in the name of religious tradition.
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