Gender and violence in the Middle East / edited by Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi.

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TextSeries: UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ; 4.Publication details: New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.Description: 279 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9780415594103
0415594103

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HV 6250.4 .W65 .G46 2011

Summary: This book examines the issue of gender and violence in the Middle East and North Africa. While gender-based violence is a universal phenomenon, it takes interesting nuances and in this region where tradition, social norm, religion, war, and politics intermingle in a powerful space-based patriarchy. Drawing on case studies across the region, the authors examine the historical, cultural, religious, social, legal and political factors affecting the issue.

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This book examines the issue of gender and violence in the Middle East and North Africa. While gender-based violence is a universal phenomenon, it takes interesting nuances and in this region where tradition, social norm, religion, war, and politics intermingle in a powerful space-based patriarchy. Drawing on case studies across the region, the authors examine the historical, cultural, religious, social, legal and political factors affecting the issue.

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