Muslim women in the United Kingdom and beyond
Subtitle: experiences and images
By: [edited] by Haifaa Jawad and Tansin Benn
Contributors: Benn, Tansin; Jawad, H. A
Series: Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world -- v. 2
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Muslim women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Muslim women -- Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Muslim women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies; Women's rights -- Cross-cultural studies; Muslim women -- Employment -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Muslim women in the United Kingdom and beyond : setting the scene / Tansin Benn and Haifaa Jawad; title: Historical and contemporary perspectives of Muslim women living in the west / Haifaa Jawad; title: Muslim women : some western fictions / Irene Donohoue Clyne; title: Adjusting the tie that binds : challenges facing Muslim women in America / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith; title: The Mecca of gender equality : Muslim Women in Sweden / Ann-Sofie Roald; title: Experiences, needs, and potential of new Muslim women in Britain / Harfiyah Abdel Haleem; title: Choice and opportunity : supporting young Muslim women's career aspirations / Barrie A. Irving ... [et al.]; title: Muslim women talking : experiences of their early teaching careers / Tansin Benn; title: Muslim women teachers : life histories, identities, and citizenship / Audrey Osler; title: The way forward / Tansin Benn and Haifaa Jawad