AbstractsWomens Studies

Women in Hebron - Islamic Feminism, National Liberation and Embroideries - A Case Study on the Palestinian Cooperative Women in Hebron

by Elisabet Kass




Institution: Roskilde University
Department:
Year: 2014
Keywords: Islamic Feminism; Palestine, women, gender, reistance
Record ID: 1120508
Full text PDF: http://rudar.ruc.dk/handle/1800/13479


Abstract

It is a case study of a Palestinian women's cooperative in Hebron, West Bank, producing traditional Palestinian embroideries. The women are taking part in the struggle against occupation as well as they work for the improvement of women's rights. In the study I am invesitigating how Islamic Feminism is relevant for the women working in Women in Hebron.