Women in the Middle East and North Africa Change and Continuity

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-demograp

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I N T H E M I DDL E E A ST A N D NORT H A F R IC A AND

C ON T I N U I T Y

Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini

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WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

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Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–10350–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haghighat-Sordellini, Elhum. Women in the Middle East and North Africa : change and continuity / Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–0–230–10350–4 (alk. paper) 1. Women—Middle East—Social conditions. 2. Women—Africa, North—Social conditions. I. Title. HQ1726.5.H34 2009 305.40956—dc22

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First published in 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

And to Paul, Justin Arash, and Brandon Ashkan, for their sense of justice, humility, and integrity.

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To the memory of my grandmother Batool Morakkabi, a strong, selfless woman and an independent thinker who believed in nurturing through love and kindness and continues to inspire me today both personally and intellectually.

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