Women in the Middle East: Perceptions, Realities and Struggles for Liberation

by Haleh Afshar (Editor)

This book offers both theoretical perspectives and detailed examples which provide the analytical frameworks chosen by the Middle Eastern women themselves to explain the strategies they have chosen for liberation. The studies deal with Islam and its impact on personal and public lives of women in the region as well as their political struggles for liberation both internally and internationally.

Hardcover

First published January 21, 1993