In het kort

Auteur: Irene Schneider
Taal: Engels
Pagina's: 277
Publicatiedatum: 30 september 2012

Samenvatting

This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their applications in societies throughout history, Schneider observes and pinpoints the obstacles and opportunities women have faced, and still face, in various Islamic societies. The last chapter addresses women¿s participation in the Arab Spring and their hopes and disappointments. The result is a vivid portrait of the different worlds of women in Islam, encompassing religion and law, sexuality and love, literature and the arts, law and professional life, and politics and power.

In het kort

This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their applications in societies throughout history,...

Specificaties

Auteur
Irene Schneider
Uitgever
Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V.
Taal
Engels
Aantal pagina's
277
Ondertitel
From Earliest Times to the Arab Spring
Formaat
Paperback
Publicatiedatum
30 september 2012
ISBN
9781558765740

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