Despite immigration policies that are often built around family reunification, contemporary
research on migration often prioritizes labor mobility over mobility associated with marriage …

In this article, I draw on ethnographic research in Cairo to analyze outcomes of Egyptian
women's practices of sociality. In Cairo,“phatic labor” creates a social infrastructure of …

Honor‐based violence (HBV) is a serious concern for women and girls from particular ethnic
backgrounds. Unfortunately, while the sociology discipline pays significant attention to …

An increasing number of people have questions about Islam and Muslims. But how can we
approach and study Islam after September 11th? Which is the best methodology to …

Honour killings have been defined as '… the killing of women for suspected deviation from
sexual norms imposed by society'(Faqir 2001: 66). Honour killings are extreme acts of …

In Europe, polygamy is often portrayed as emblematic of unchanging patriarchal traditions
among Muslims. In contrast, based on research with Pakistanis in Britain and Turks in …

Feminist sociologists and activists have drawn attention to how violence against women is
linked to structural and cultural factors that subordinate women, mainly intersecting …

Purpose: In this qualitative study we explored how young women living in Sweden with
ethnic and cultural roots in the Middle East and East Africa comply with or resist so-called …

Occurring in a broad range of non-western and western countries, violence committed
against women in the name of family honor has been viewed in several ways, including as a …

'Jihad'is a highly charged word. Often mistranslated as' Holy War', it has become
synonymous with terrorism. Current political events have entirely failed to take account of the …