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Gender and violence in the Middle East
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Women and Islam
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A collection of essays to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world. |
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Girls of Liberty
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Following the Balfour Declaration and the British conquest of Palestine (1917-1918), the small Jewish community that lived there wanted to establish an elected assembly as its representative body. Th… |
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Profiles women in Palestine and Israel in their own words. |
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