Gender and Violence in the Middle East

Description

This book examines the issue of gender and violence in the Middle East and North Africa. While gender-based violence is a universal phenomenon, it takes interesting nuances and in this region where tradition, social norm, religion, war, and politics intermingle in a powerful space-based patriarchy. Drawing on case studies across the region, the authors examine the historical, cultural, religious, social, legal and political factors affecting the issue.

Contents

Introduction Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi Part I: Conceptualization and Theoretical Background 1. Feminist Anthropological Perspectives on Violence Patricia Zuckerhut Part II: Armed Conflict and Gender Based Violence 2 .Voicing Women’s Narratives in Conflict Zones: Palestinian Women in the Intifada Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian 3. Impact of Armed Conflict on Gender Roles in Lebanon Lamia Rustum Shehadeh 4. Violence Against Afghan Women: Tradition, Religion, Conflict and War 5. Organizing Ideologies of Gender, Class and Ethnicity: The Pre-Revolutionary Women’s Movements in Iraq Martina Kamp 6. War and Gender in Ba’thist Iraq Achim Rohde Part III: Religious and Social Violence Against Women 7. Religious-based Violence against Women and Feminist Responses: Iran, Afghanistan and Algeria Vaklentine M. Moghadam 8. Strategy in the Battles over Her: Islamism and Secularism Shefifa Zuhur 9. Violence During Pregnancy in Jordan: Its Prevalence and Associated Risk and Protective Factors Cari Jo Clark Part IV: Gender-Based Discrimination and Legal Reform 10. The Reforms of Legislation on Violence Against Women in Turkey and Problems of Implementation Pinar Ilkkaracan and Liz Ercevik Amado 11. Violence Against Women in Morocco: Advances, Contentions and Strategies to Combat it Moha Ennaji Part V: Language, Sexual Harassment and Media 12. Gendered Language Use, Hierarchization of Linguistic Space and State Building Fatima Sadiqi 13. How Women and Bloggers Forced Egypt to Finally Take Sexual Harassment Seriously Mona Eltahawy 14. Dismantling the Discourses of War: Palestinian Women Filmakers Address Violence Nadia Yaqub

Author Bio

Fatima Sadiqi is Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies at Fès University. A former Fulbright Scholar and recipient of a Harvard Fellowship, she has written a number of books and is a UN Gender Expert.

Moha Ennaji is Professor at Fès University and a visiting professor at Rutgers University. He is the author and/or editor of numerous books and articles on culture and gender studies in North Africa.

Related Subjects

1. Middle East Studies
2. Gender Studies
3. Gender Studies - Soc Sci
4. Middle East Society
5. Middle East Culture
6. Middle East Gender
7. Gender Studies
8. Middle East Politics