I have been looking forward to taking a class in Women and Gender Studies for quite some time as it has always been something for which I have passion. I volunteered some time at a retreat center in Washington state many years ago and was introduced to Bell Hooks at that time so I was very excited to see that a book of hers would be a part of our required reading for the class. On page 8 of the required reading the author writes‚ "A basic premise of women’s studies is that we cannot understand
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choose‚ start an uprising of your own design. In the next few paragraphs‚ I will address Western stereotypes of Middle Eastern‚ namely Egyptian‚ women‚ notions of female autonomy‚ and divergences‚ or contradictions‚ in interpretations of gender roles‚ all as influenced by “modern” thought and technologies. I will consult the works of Lila Abu-Lughud‚ Leila Ahmed‚ and Elizabeth Fernea‚ feminists with similar‚ but idiosyncratic views on the aforementioned topics‚ and juxtapose their reasonings‚ observations
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God has become angry with his people. He complains in the fifteenth century English play Everyman about humans and their obsession with material items‚ riches‚ and wealth. Men and women‚ he feels‚ have taken for granted their blessings. God wants to reprimand Everyman for his sinful life and sends Death to summon him. At the beginning of the allegorical work where figures and actions symbolize general truths‚ a messenger shares God’s concerns. The messenger tells the audience to watch and listen
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Status of Women in Islam By Dr. Najam-us-Sahar Butt (FSP) There is a lot of talk about women’s rights in Pakistan and other Muslim countries these days. The western media is projecting a very gruesome and poor plight of the women in Muslim countries with the intention of distorting the section image of Islam. Unfortunately‚ this propaganda is proving quite effective and the entire west and a small section of females in our society have misinterpreted Islam as being the cause of their troubles
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Women in Islam: Hijab "In many Muslim societies‚ for example in traditional South East Asia‚ or in Bedouin lands a face veil for women is either rare or non-existent; paradoxically‚ modern fundamentalism is introducing it"‚ writes Ibrahim B. Syed‚ Ph.D. In the name of Allah the most Beneficent‚ the Most Merciful Literally‚ Hijab means "a veil"‚ "curtain"‚ "partition" or "separation." In a meta- physical sense‚ Hijab means illusion or refers to the illusory aspect of creation. Another‚ and
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Women Rights in Islam - Modernizing or Outdated? Definition According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘Women’s Rights are the rights that promote a position of social and legal equality‚ of women to men. According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘they are the rights‚ claimed for the women‚ equal to those of men‚ as regards to suffrage that right to vote‚ as regards to property‚ etc. ‘Modernizing according to the Oxford dictionary means‚ ‘to make modern‚ to adapt to modern needs or habits And according
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The functions of customer relationship management systems that are illustrated are touch point‚ which is a method of interaction with the customer such as a telephone‚ email‚ customer service desk‚ conventional mail‚ website‚ wireless device or retail store. Another CRM system that is used is an Analytical CRM which includes applications that analyze customer data generated by optional CRM applications to provide info for improving business performance. 2) The Call center is so important for
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The word Islam means “submission”‚ in the religion itself it is the total surrender to God. Islam and Muslim are of the same religion‚ practicing the same and worshipping the same. At times many think that they are different religions. The word Muslim means “ one who submits to God”. There is 1.1 to 1.8 Billion Muslims‚ making this religion the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. (Wikipedia‚ 2007) The Islam religion has originated from the teachings of Muhammad who is a 7th
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is: Role of Women in Islam Past and Present In this paper I will argue that the position of women in Islam according to the Qur ’an and Hadiths (tradition) of the Prophet differs vastly from Islam in practice‚ currentely. It is not the Islamic ideologies that determine the position of women in the Islamic societies; it is rather the pre-Islamic patriarchal ideologies existing in a particular society‚ combined with the lack of education and ignorance‚ which construct the Muslim women ’s position
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Islam‚ Gender and Education in Kazakhstan Nazgul Mingisheva (Karaganda Bolashak University‚ Kazakhstan) nazgulm2006@gmail.com Paper presented at the ASN World Convention Columbia University‚ April 19-21 2012 Please do not cite without the author’s permission © Nazgul Mingisheva Abstract My paper is focused on the preliminary results and hypothesis of my research on Islam‚ gender and education in present-days Kazakhstan. The research purpose is to discover some relationships between dynamically
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