Gender and civil society in the Middle East

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-232

  Al Ali, Nadje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminism and women's movements in the Middle East; Goals and activities of women's organizations; Heterogeneity within Middle East; Institutionalization of feminist activism; Islamism; Modernization and development discourses; Nationalism; Secularism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248054361     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461674032000080576     Document Type: Article

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