Nadia Yaqub, "Bad Girls of the Arab World"
English | ISBN: 1477313362 | 2017 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1477313362 | 2017 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Women’s transgressive behaviors and perspectives are challenging societal norms in the Arab world, giving rise to anxiety and public debate. Simultaneously, however, other Arab women are unwillingly finding themselves labeled “bad” as authority figures attempt to redirect scrutiny from serious social ills such as patriarchy and economic exploitation, or as they impose new restrictions on women’s behavior in response to uncertainty and change in society.
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