Women and Gender in Iraq

Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation

Zahra Ali (Rutgers University, New Jersey)

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Cambridge University Press
13 September 2018

Middle Eastern history; Iraq War; Feminism & feminist theory; Political activism

Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies

Since the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, the challenges of sectarianism and militarism have weighed heavily on the women of Iraq. In this book, Zahra Ali foregrounds a wide-range of interviews with a variety of women involved in women's rights activism, showing how everyday life and intellectual life has developed since the US-led invasion. In addition to this, Ali offers detailed historical research of social, economic and political contexts since the formation of the Iraqi state in the 1920s. Through a transnational and postcolonial feminist approach, this book also considers the ways in which gender norms and practices, Iraqi feminist discourses, and activisms are shaped and developed through state politics, competing nationalisms, religious, tribal and sectarian dynamics, wars, and economic sanctions. The result is a vivid account of the everyday life in today's Iraq and an exceptional analysis of the future of Iraqi feminisms.

By: Zahra Ali (Rutgers University New Jersey)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 51
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781316641620
ISBN 10: 1316641627
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 13 September 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zahra Ali is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Her research explores the dynamics of women and gender, social and political movements in relation to Islam(s), the Middle East, and contexts of war and conflict with a focus on contemporary Iraq. Ali is also a Muslim feminist activist involved in anti-racist and anti-imperialist struggles.