Product Description: The women's movement in Egypt has been heralded as improving the lives of women in Egypt and paving the way for women throughout the Arab world. As seen through the eyes of the university educated elite and middle class, this is no doubt true, yet such a narrow view fails to account for the diversity of women's experience...read more

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Product Description: Although "The Liberation of Women" was published near the turn of the century, it continues to be a source of controversy and debate in the Arab world, and is still a key work for understanding the feminist movement there. Starting from the premise that the liberation of women is an essential prerequisite for the liberation of Egyptian society from foreign domination, Qasim Amin uses arguments based on Islam to call for an improvement in the status of women...read more