Exploration of Women and Gender in the Middle East
Ahmed, Leila. Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. , 1992. Print.
Keddie, Nikki R. Women in the Middle East: Past and Present. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Print.
In the last few years, there has been a rising importance in the study of women and gender problems in the Middle East, revealed in the superior number of courses, books, and debates devoted to such topics. As a result, numerous scholars have decided to study women and gender in the Middle East as an independent field. Both Leila Ahmed and Nikki Keddie explore the concept of women and gender in the Middle East through noting political, traditional, and socioeconomic advances in order to clear up misconceptions and provide superb analysis of the region through qualitative research.
In “Women and Gender in Islam,” Ahmed explores gender and women 's issues in order to provide insight on political, traditional, and socioeconomic changes in the region. Ahmed not only takes on her subject as a scholar, but also as a woman of Egyptian descent living in the west adding to her unique approach to the subject. For …show more content…
Ahmed’s background knowledge of the history of women in the pre-Islamic realm gives a good insight on how the history influenced the beliefs, traditions, social status and political ideology of the Middle East regarding women. However, Ahmed’s text falls short of incorporating more evidence regarding multiple regions including Turkey and South Asia. Although Ahmed offers superb analysis on Muslim societies and Arab tradition through utilizing primary sources as her support, she reveals that her study on non-Muslim and non-Arab tradition relied dependently on secondary sources reducing the accuracy of her
Ahmed, Leila. Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. , 1992. Print.
Keddie, Nikki R. Women in the Middle East: Past and Present. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Print.
In the last few years, there has been a rising importance in the study of women and gender problems in the Middle East, revealed in the superior number of courses, books, and debates devoted to such topics. As a result, numerous scholars have decided to study women and gender in the Middle East as an independent field. Both Leila Ahmed and Nikki Keddie explore the concept of women and gender in the Middle East through noting political, traditional, and socioeconomic advances in order to clear up misconceptions and provide superb analysis of the region through qualitative research.
In “Women and Gender in Islam,” Ahmed explores gender and women 's issues in order to provide insight on political, traditional, and socioeconomic changes in the region. Ahmed not only takes on her subject as a scholar, but also as a woman of Egyptian descent living in the west adding to her unique approach to the subject. For …show more content…
Ahmed’s background knowledge of the history of women in the pre-Islamic realm gives a good insight on how the history influenced the beliefs, traditions, social status and political ideology of the Middle East regarding women. However, Ahmed’s text falls short of incorporating more evidence regarding multiple regions including Turkey and South Asia. Although Ahmed offers superb analysis on Muslim societies and Arab tradition through utilizing primary sources as her support, she reveals that her study on non-Muslim and non-Arab tradition relied dependently on secondary sources reducing the accuracy of her