Ancient Middle East; ... Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Iran Chapter (Nayereh Tohidi in Gozaar.org) ... Middle East Studies; Internet Resources...
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html
In discussions of general issues facing women in the Middle East, the diversity of female lifestyles and conditions is often lost. Accustomed to stereotypical depictions, Westerners are told that Middle Eastern women are passive, weak, and always veiled.
www.fpif.org/briefs/vol5/v5n30women.html www.fpif.org/briefs/vol5/v5n30women.html
Perceptions of Muslim women. Arriving in Egypt in 1987 for her first assignment in the Middle East, Ms Brooks believed women to have a secondary and subservient role in Middle Eastern society.
www.meforum.org/331/the-hidden-world-of-muslim-women www.meforum.org/331/the-hidden-world-of-muslim-women
In addition to placing the development of Middle East women's studies in the Western academy in the broader context of Arab women's scholarship and activism, Badran's article assessed the representation of women's studies and gender issues at MESA conferences.
www.merip.org/mer/mer205/simona.htm
Only weeks before the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, women in the Middle East are paying a heavy price for speaking out for their rights, according to a report released by Amnesty International on August 2.
www.greenleft.org.au/1995/198/11410
In my web page I will hopefully answer all your questions on the Middle East. It tells about percentages of people's opinions, how they are being treated, conditions, and rules from the Koran. I hope that you will find my web page very effective to answering these questions. ... Women at Risk in Afghanistan...
www.ih.k12.oh.us/hs/worldp1ck/index.htm
In a significant statement delivered at the World Economic Forum in Jordan on Saturday, US First Lady Laura Bush called for providing greater rights to women in the Middle East. Addressing the forum, Mrs. Bush said, ''Freedom, especially freedom for women, is more than the absence of oppression. ... Category : General...
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2888.html www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2888.html
Gender Identity and Society in the Middle East - a Yale Library guide to doing research on women in the Middle East. (Note: Access to Historical Abstracts and other electronic databases is restricted by IP address to Yale and other subscribing institutions.)
www.library.yale.edu/neareast/women.html www.library.yale.edu/neareast/women.html
It is one of the most critical subjects that Muslims try to hid from Westerners, as no one can imagine that there is a religion that can confess such statements about women, I will mention what the Koran and the Hadith (Mohammed's teaching, sayings, or acts) mention about women in Islam, as well as, the opinion of...
www.arabicbible.com/christian/Women_in_Islam.htm www.arabicbible.com/christian/Women_in_Islam.htm