The Terms of Empowerment: Islamic Women Activists in Egypt
written by Sherine Hafez, fl. 2001; edited by Iman A. Hamdy, fl. 2001, in Cairo Papers in Social Science, Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 2001 (Cairo, Cairo Governorate: American University in Cairo Press, 2001, originally published 2001), 132 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- This focuses on the Islamic women's movement in Cairo to investigate the impact of their activism on women's self-empowerment. The author argues that Islamic women's activism cannot be adequately understood in terms of liberal feminist discourse. Rather, she proposes an approach that relies on these women's perspectives as a guiding factor in assessing the impact of their activism. Islamic women activists are pursuing their self-enhancement through perfecting their religious practice in order to arrive at a Muslim notion of the ideal woman. Their empowerment is engendered as they perfect themselves through religious discipline. The study concludes that the applicability of the notions of 'empowerment' and 'agency' as understood in Western liberal paradigms need to be reevaluated with regard to Islamic women activists.
- Field of Interest
- Religion & Thought
- Author
- Sherine Hafez, fl. 2001
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2003 The American University in Cairo Press
- Content Type
- General reference book
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- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2001
- Page Count
- 132
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Publisher
- American University in Cairo Press
- Place Published / Released
- Cairo, Cairo Governorate
- Series Number
- Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 2001
- Subject
- Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Community, المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad, Egipto, Egito, Khedivate of Egypt (Historical Place), Egypt, Muslim, Women, Social & Religious Role of, Women, Attitudes toward, Political Views, Humanity, Islam, Egyptians
- Series / Program
- Cairo Papers in Social Science
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad, Egipto, Egito, Khedivate of Egypt (Historical Place)
