Those who were lately from Europe could scarcely believe their eyes; and when, in reply to
the remark of a person who stood near me, expressing his astonishment at such an …

Contemporary studies on Syria assume that the country's Ba'thist regime has been effective
in subduing its Islamic opposition, placing Syria at odds with the Middle East's larger trends …

This paper examines gender and enterprise in fragile refugee settings. Building on previous
research in Afghanistan, it analyses refugee women's evolving economic lives and …

Since the 1970s, movements aimed at giving Muslim women access to the serious study of
Islamic texts have emerged across the world. In this book, Masooda Bano argues that the …

Abstract Madrasah Mu'allimaat Muhammadiyah in Yogyakarta, Indonesia is a unique Islamic
boarding school for girls; a cadre (kader) school, it aims to mould the future female leaders …

Women in many parts of the Islamic world publicly speak for Islam as preachers, teachers,
and interpreters of religious texts. Though men have held a near-monopoly over public …

" Since the early 2000s, the Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has
considerably increased the number of women employed as religious officers. The book …

How do women gain authority in the public sphere, especially in contexts where patriarchal
norms are prevalent? I argue that the leaders of patriarchal social movements face …

During the onslaught of the Islamic caliphate on Kobanî, Syria, media outlets across the
globe broadcast pictures of brave and often unveiled Kurdish women fighting the Islamic …

The recently established institutionalized role of murshidah, woman preacher and spiritual
guide, trained and certified by the Moroccan state to offer spiritual counseling and instruction …