Feminist Attitudes and Praxis Among Palestinian Women Activists

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randa Nasser ◽  
Fidaa Barghouti ◽  
Janan Mousa
Keyword(s):  
Women Activists ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Feminist Attitudes

The Colonial–Religious Institutional Contract: Muslim Women Activists in Israel

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahed Ashqar-Sharary ◽  
Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder
Keyword(s):  
Women Activists ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Religious Establishment ◽  
Islamic Activism

Abstract This study examines the growth of a progressive religious Muslim activism among Palestinian women in Israel and the challenges it poses to the religious patriarchy and colonial power structures. Based on semistructured interviews with a religious feminist organization’s activists, the study revealed that feminist Islamic activism addresses an alliance between state officials and patriarchal–religious establishment gatekeepers that interlock to block Muslim feminist reform. Unlike other Muslim activists in former settler colonial states where state and religion are separate and unlike progressive Muslim women in Muslim states who struggle to escape the religious–patriarchal trap, in Israel, these activists face a religious–colonial–patriarchal trap.

scholarly journals Agents of Change: How Islamist Women Activists in Israel Are Challenging the Status Quo

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 360-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilde Rosmer
Keyword(s):  
Women Activists ◽  
Working Mother ◽  
The Public ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Islamic Movement ◽  
Women In Islam ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
The Status

From the public profile and media reporting on the Islamic Movement in Israel (al-Ḥaraka al-islāmiyya fī Isrā’īl), the impression given is that this movement is run by men, and that women are, if visible, in the background. However, when looking behind the façade it becomes clear that women are not only active, but are at the forefront of Islamist activism, spearheading change in their community. In their organizations for women, and through informal channels, they educate women, and indirectly men, about the role and position of women in Islam. Their activism also contributes to creating awareness about their Palestinian Arab Muslim history and predicament, thus also empowering women vis-à-vis Israeli domination. The women interviewed for this article all studied or study at Israeli universities, and as educated women they are reshaping the ideal of the traditional Muslim mother into that of a Muslim professional working mother. Based on the logic behind and content of their Islamist activism, the present article argues that these women are agents of change who contest the traditional ideal and practical role of Muslim Palestinian women in Israel. They are challenging patriarchal traditions and domination in their community through their Islamist activism; however, this frame simultaneously produces limitations to their opposition.


scholarly journals Palestinian Women in Post-War Lebanon

1970 ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Maha Ayyoub
Keyword(s):  
Women Activists ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Table Discussion ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War

In 1994, a round-table discussion was held with leading Palestinian women activists in Lebanon to discuss current pressing development issues confronting the Palestinians in Lebanon, particularly women. Since the beginning of this century,political issues have been at the center of Palestinian communallife. This is especially true now, as the neglect of social, educational, medical and economic services for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon approaches a crisis point. For Palestinian women, this struggle has become increasingly frustrating andexhausting. In order to understand what these women have to cope with, one needs to briefly review the history of their situation.

Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: Enhancing Empowerment or Vulnerability?

1970 ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Nabil Abdo
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
And Training

The International Labour Organization in Beirut has been running a project in the Palestinian Camps of Nahr El Bared and Ein El Helweh entitled “Palestinian Women Economic Empowerment Initiative”. The project started in 2011 and targets lowincome Palestinian women entrepreneurs through a threefold strategy: giving out loans and grants to women business groups in order to expand their businesses; training women entrepreneurs to enhance their business skills; and building the capacity of support organizations in order to improve business development services for women entrepreneurs and training them to be formally certified to deliver business group formation training. The project builds on the potential of business groups in assuring the protection of Palestinian women entrepreneurs from risks through resilience, pooling of resources, and collective voice. The objectives are to assure a sustainable livelihood for Palestinian women entrepreneurs through supporting them in expanding their businesses beyond survivalist low-income activities

Palestine Unbound

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118
Keyword(s):  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Resistance Movement

Published each issue, this section strives to capture the tenor and content of popular conversations related to the Palestinians and the Arab-Israeli conflict, which are held on dynamic platforms unbound by traditional media. Therefore, items presented in this section are from a variety of sources and have been selected because they either have gone viral or represent a significant cultural moment or trend. A version of Palestine Unbound is also published on Palestine Square (palestinesquare.com), a blog of the Institute for Palestine Studies. Stories from this quarter (16 August–15 November 2019), which include a Palestine-based resistance movement to gender-based violence and a digital outpouring of respect for Palestinian grandmothers, deliver the unequivocal message that Palestinian women are determined to forge a just future where their voices are heard. Trending hashtags this quarter are #MyPalestinianSitty, #Kullna_Isra' al Ghrayyib (#WeAreAll_Israa_Ghrayeb), and #Tal3at.

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