Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work (Cambridge Middle East Library, Series Number 16) - Hardcover

Hijab, Nadia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052126443X ISBN 13: 9780521264433

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Synopsis

Womanpower unveils the lively but little-reported debate on women's positions in the modern Arab world. It paints a picture drawn from individual stories as well as from national development programs and attempts to explain why the process of social change in the region has been slow and uneven by linking it to political and economic developments. By illustrating particular themes--personal status laws, development policies, political rights--with examples from specific countries, Nadia Hijab builds up an informative overview of the Arab world today.

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Book Description

Relevant political and economic developments from specific countries explain the reasons for the slow and uneven progress of social change with respect to the position of women in the modern Arab world.

About the Author

Hijab is a writer and journalist specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, and a frequent commentator on the politics of the region for BBC radio and television. Born in Aleppo, Syria to Palestinian Arab parents, she was brought up in Beirut, Lebanon, where she began her career as a journalist. She worked in the Gulf state of Qatar, before joining the staff of the London-based current affairs monthly The Middle East in 1978. She became the Editor-in-Chief in 1981, a post she resigned in 1984 to devote more time to writing. She spent the 1984-5 academic year as a visiting scholar at Washington's Georgetown University, giving talks there and at other American universities and institutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 052126443X
• ISBN 13: 9780521264433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192