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Hardback. Offering a distinctive and subtle analysis of tensions between government policies on religious matters and feminism, Halperin-Kaddari shows how women in Israel indeed have a state of their own-in the sense not of liberating refuge but of unfair marginalization. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237528
ISBN
9780812237528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Hardcover. This book is an ethnographic look at Christian and Muslim women living together in Lebanon and facing modernity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HRAF; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137281982
ISBN
9781137281982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Hardback. This text studies the social issues related to the status of women in Saudi Arabia and the extent to which Saudi Arabian women participate in their country's development. It also focuses on the education and work outside the home as they affect the role of the woman as wife, mother and homemaker. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638125
ISBN
9780333638125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.39

Paperback. This text studies the social issues related to the status of women in Saudi Arabia and the extent to which Saudi Arabian women participate in their country's development. It also focuses on the education and work outside the home as they affect the role of the woman as wife, mother and homemaker. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333654811
ISBN
9780333654811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.26

Hardback. This collection of essays attempts to explode the myths created by years of orientalist writings about Middle Eastern women. The romanticized images are contrasted with the demands of daily battles for survival and the long-running struggles for political and economic liberation. Editor(s): Afshar, Haleh. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333575659
ISBN
9780333575659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.76

Hardcover. This book explores the complexity of women's social status in the Middle East and North African region and fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an up-to-date and comprehensive portrait of women's status from a theoretical and socio-demographic perspective. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103504
ISBN
9780230103504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Paperback. This book explores the complexity of women's social status in the Middle East and North African region and fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an up-to-date and comprehensive portrait of women's status from a theoretical and socio-demographic perspective. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274106
ISBN
9781137274106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.03

Paperback. Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, this book presents a concise and comprehensive history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. It shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128634
ISBN
9780691128634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 42.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162661
ISBN
9780231162661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.49
€ 56.82

Paperback. Despite the attention surrounding Middle Eastern attitudes toward women, there has been little study of the statements regarding women in the Quran. This work studies the women of Islamic sacred history by telling their stories in the Quaran and interpreting them. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195111484
ISBN
9780195111484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Hardcover. Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629641
ISBN
9780815629641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.05

Paperback. Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629856
ISBN
9780815629856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.11

Paperback. A novel by a Kurdish-Iraqi writer that gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women's experiences of political repression, violence, exile, and the yearning for peace. It represents a critique of the violence done to ordinary people by those who hold power both in Iraq and in the West. Translator(s): Cumberbatch, Judy. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714847
ISBN
9780292714847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 53. Weight in Grams: 586. Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity. 377 pages, 40 b/w photographs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSK. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 53. Weight: 516.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
377
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242630
ISBN
9780520242630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816683840
ISBN
9780816683840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816683826
ISBN
9780816683826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.25

Hardback. Aims to facilitate and support national and international efforts to empower women in the Middle East and North Africa. This study presents a comparative evaluation of women's rights in 17 selected countries and territories through a set of numerical scores, analytical narrative reports, and vital statistics. Series: Freedom in the World. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742549913
ISBN
9780742549913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.96

Hardcover. This book begins with an historical overview of the museums of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and the West Bank of Palestine and then focuses on the museums of Jordan and the women who work in them. Carol Malt intertwines a history of Islam and a discussion of the emerging public role of women in Muslim society. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1FB; GM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630784
ISBN
9780815630784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 integrated bw, 10 colour in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FB; ASD; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784532482
ISBN
9781784532482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.23
€ 125.03

Hardback. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 bw integrated illustrations, 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857575
ISBN
9781848857575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.98
€ 126.34

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