Dossier 11-12-13

The Dossiers explore and synthesize a broad range of feelings, interpretations and strategies of women on issues of feminism, nationalism, internationalism, and religion.

• Women & Law in the Muslim World: On Laws, Customs and Stereotyping by Farida Shaheed.
• The Preferential Symbol for Islamic Identity: Women in Muslim Personal Laws by M.A. Hélie-Lucas.
• Fundamentalism: Women and Fundamentalism by Ayesha Imam.
• Algeria: Newsletter of the Algerian Women's Movement Independent Association for the Triumph of the Rights of Women.
• Palestine: Lives of Palestinian Women: Al-Fanar, Palestinian Feminist Organisation.
• On Fundamentalism in Our Land by Manar Hassan.
• Sudan: Threat to Women's Status from Fundamentalist Regime in Sudan.
• Sexist Matriculation Policy in Sudan.
• Challenges Faced by Sudanese Women by Amel H. Hamza.
• Iran: Women's Religious Discourse in Everyday Iran by Zahra Kamalkhani.
• Enforcing the Veil in Iran.
• Why Fundamentalism? Iranian Women and their Support for Islam by Haleh Afshar.
• On the Origins of Feminism in Early 20th Century Iran by Janet Afary.