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Is ‘feminism’ really helping women’s rights in the Middle East?”

Author: Zarqa Parvez

In: Middle East Monitor, 2019

Debates how intersectional feminism is relevant to the Middle East, in relation to a different conception of class, ethnicity and social status from the West. It examines whether a fixed understanding of feminism – based on a westernized value system - might be detrimental to the achievement of women’s rights in Middle Eastern societies.

Available online at:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190131-is-feminism-really-helping-womens-rights-in-the-middle-east/