Arab Women : Between Defiance and Restraint

Contributors ix(2) Introduction: The Debate on Arab Women xi Suha Sabbaghx PART ONE Feminist Consciousness and Leadership Roles 3(18) 1 Women and Politics in the Middle East 3(6) Sarah Graham-Brown 2 Women's Rights in the Arab World 9(12) Ramla Khalidi Judith Tucker PART TWO Women Political Leaders 21(20) 3 Palestine's Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi: An Interview 21(5) Suha Sabbagh 4 Jordan's Leila Sharaf: An Interview 26(7) Abla Amawi 5 Women's Rights: An Affair of State for Tunisia 33(8) Richard H. Curtiss PART THREE Women and Work 41(26) 6 Women and Work in the Arab World 41(13) Nadia Hijab 7 The Status of Women in Syria 54(8) Bouthaina Sha'aban 8 Women and Public Participation in Yemen 62(5) Sheila Carapico PART FOUR Women and Education 67(22) 9 Formal Education and Training in Non-Traditional Jobs 67(4) Samira Harfoush-Strickland 10 Women and the Nursing Profession in Saudi Arabia 71(13) Nagat el-Sanabary 11 Women's Education in Jordan 84(5) Abla Amawi PART FIVE Women and the Civil War in Lebanon 89(18) 12 The Case of Lebanon 89(6) Hala Maksoud 13 The Effects of War on Women in Lebanon 95(5) Julinda Abu Nassr 14 Lebanon's Civil War Through Different Eyes: An Interview with Jean Said Makdisi 100(7) Suha Sabbagh PART SIX Palestinian Feminism and Nationalism 107(30) 15 Palestinian Women and Institution Building 107(8) Suha Sabbagh 16 The Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Women's Rights: An Analysis 115(6) Suha Sabbagh 17 The Women's Document: A Tool for Women's Empowerment and Struggle: An Interview with Eileen Kuttab 121(6) 18 The Women's Movement on the West Bank 127(10) Rita Giacaman PART SEVEN Women in Political Islam 137(34) 19 Women in Islam: The Mother of All Battles 137(14) Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad Jane I. Smith 20 Women and Property Rights in Islam 151(8) Abla Amawi 21 Feminism Comes of Age in Islam 159(3) Fadwa el Guindi 22 Muslim Women and Fundamentalism 162(9) Fatima Mernissi PART EIGHT Women, the State, Civil Society, and Kinship Ties: "Private" and "Public" Space 171(64) 23 Economic and Political Liberalization in Egypt and the Demise of State Feminism 171(23) Mervat F. Hatem 24 Gender and Family in the Arab World 194(9) Suad Joseph 25 Gender and Civil Society: An Interview with Suad Joseph 203(8) Joe Stork 26 "Hassiba Ben Bouali, If You Could See Our Algeria": Women and Public Space in Algeria 211(10) Susan Slyomovics 27 State and Gender in the Maghrib 221(8) Mounira Charrad 28 Women in Kuwait 229(6) Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra PART NINE Women and Literature 235(19) 29 Arab Women and Literature: An Overview 235(3) Bouthaina Sha'aban 30 An Interview with Iraq's Lami'a Abbass Ammara 238(6) Samer M. Reno 31 An Interview with Syria's Kamar Keilany 244(6) Suha Sabbagh 32 The Hidden History of Arab Feminism 250(4) Bouthaina Sha'aban Introductory Reading List 254(4) Appendix A: General Union of Palestinian Women, Jerusalem-Palestine: Draft Document of Principles of Women's Rights (Third Draft) 258(4) Appendix B: Statistical Profiles 262(3) Index 265