Crafting Marriages

Palestinian American Women Transforming Gender Boundaries

Enaya Hammad Othman

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Syracuse University Press
15 October 2025

Feminism & feminist theory; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Sociology: family & relationships

Series: Critical Arab American Studies

In Crafting Marriages: Palestinian American Women Transforming Gender Boundaries, Enaya Othman draws on three decades of ethnographic research to chart how Palestinian women have reimagined and reshaped marriage practices across generations. Through careful analysis of over sixty personal narratives, family documents, and marriage videos, Othman reveals how these women have become key agents of cultural change, negotiating between traditional expectations and contemporary possibilities. Her research demonstrates that rather than following a single pattern, Palestinian American marriages reflect complex interactions between religious identity, cultural heritage, and modern American life.

Othman’s groundbreaking study shows how the rise of global Islamic revival movements since the 1970s have created new opportunities for Palestinian women to challenge traditional marriage customs. By emphasizing Islamic values over ethnic ties, younger generations are expanding the boundaries of acceptable marriage partners across racial, cultural, and national lines. This shift has profound implications for how we understand the intersection of gender, religion, and cultural identity in diaspora communities. By illuminating how Palestinian American women navigate between tradition and transformation, Crafting Marriages offers important insights into broader questions about gender, agency, and cultural change in transnational communities.

By: Enaya Hammad Othman
Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
ISBN: 9780815611943
ISBN 10: 0815611943
Series: Critical Arab American Studies
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 15 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Enaya Hammad Othman is professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Marquette University. She is the founder of Arab and Muslim Women’s Research and Resource Institute.

Reviews for Crafting Marriages: Palestinian American Women Transforming Gender Boundaries

""By centering women’s experiences, agency, and voice, the book provides important insights into the ways in which women, individually and collectively, rework and redefine gender norms and practices, social expectations, and marital unions both in the private sphere and outside of it."" - Dana Olwan, coeditor of Muslim Mothering: Local and Global Histories, Theories, and Practices ""Offers us profound insights into the experiences of Palestinian American women with marriage, gender norms, education, and migration."" - Juliane Hammer, coeditor of Muslim Women and Gender Justice