Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Chapter 1. Introduction – Beyond Women, Islam and the State: Situating the Politics of Gender in a New Century 1
5. Chapter 2. Protest, Resistance and Shifting Gender Orders in Egypt: Crossing Red Lines? 18
6. Chapter 3. Manufacturing Consent in Iran: from Moral Subjects to (Un)Healthy Citizens 40
7. Chapter 4. Saudi Women: Between Family, Religion and State 62
8. Chapter 5. Against All Odds: the Resilience and Fragility of Women’s Gender Activism in Turkey 80
9. Chapter 6. Discrete Moves and Parallel Tracks: Gender Politics in Post-2001 Afghanistan 101
10. Chapter 7. Palestine: Gender in an Imagined Fragmented Sovereignty 120
11. Chapter 8. Iraq: Gendering Violence, Sectarianism and Authoritarianism 145
12. Chapter 9. Defiance not Subservience: New Directions in the Pakistani Women’s Movement 165
13. Chapter 10. Muslim Diasporas in Transition: Islam, Gender and New Regimes of Governance 186
14. Epilogue: Locating Gender in Contentious Politics 215
15. About the Contributors 219
16. Index 222