In the eye of the storm: Islamic societies and Muslim women in globalization discourses

Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-35

  Hatem, Mervat F ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GLOBALIZATION; RELIGION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33745616781     PISSN: 1089201X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-2005-003     Document Type: Article

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