Palestinian women of Gaza and the West Bank by Suha Sabbagh
By Suha Sabbagh
"... takes a brand new examine the location in a single of the most well liked spots at the globe and asks what impression the politicization of girls may have at the lives of humans within the rising Palestinian state." -- NWSA JournalThis quantity introduces the reader to the social and political roles and demanding situations confronted through ladies of Arab/Palestinian society. Even Arabic commentators have didn't properly determine the contributions of ladies in the struggles of Gaza and the West financial institution. those essays, written from an "insider's" point of view, express how Palestinian ladies confront problems with gender, feminism, and the nationwide schedule.
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P. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-253-33377-6 (cl: alk. paper). ISBN 0-253-21174-3 (pbk) 1. Women, Palestinian ArabGaza Strip. 2. Women, Palestinian ArabWest Bank. 3. Women, Palestinian ArabGaza StripSocial conditions. 4. Women, Palestinian ArabWest BankSocial conditions. 5. Women, Palestinian ArabGaza Strip Political activity. 6. Women, Palestinian ArabWest BankPolitical activity. I. Sabbagh, Suha. 48'89274053ldc21 97-40148 1 2 3 4 5 03 02 01 00 99 98 Page v CONTENTS Introduction Suha Sabbagh 1 Part One: Defining the Role of Women 1.
The role of the women's committees, however, was minimal at best. 28 As women returned to the fold of the patriarchal and extended family structure, their progress was halted and the economic survival of the family took precedence. A large percentage of families had hitherto survived on support from relatives, husbands, and sons working in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. Other families derived their income from local institutions that were financed by the Arab world. During the war, this income came to a near halt.
Yet, they grow and become stronger through their adversity and are able to make a contribution to society in many ways. In time society comes to value their contribution and to understand their position. Her women characters are politicized and display a hands on approach to life. At least one assumption carries through her work that gender conditions experience of occupation as she draws parallels between the oppression of women in a patriarchal society and their oppression under occupation. As they fight occupation they also fight against restrictive traditional values inculcated into their innermost self.