Women, War and Islamic Radicalisation in Maryam Mahboob's Afghanistan
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Women, War and Islamic Radicalisation in Maryam Mahboob's Afghanistan

  1. 202 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Women, War and Islamic Radicalisation in Maryam Mahboob's Afghanistan

About this book

Afghanistan is regarded as a classical patriarchal society, where social tradition, religious doctrine and socio-economic and cultural backwardness have made women second-class citizens. But what has been the nature of life for women in Afghanistan? How have they been treated, both in the private sphere and in public? How did they resist mistreatment during the war inside Afghanistan, in refugee camps or in diaspora? Who are the sponsors and perpetrators of violence against Afghanistani women? And what are the connections between Islam, local customs, the mistreatment of women, and women's connectedness to revolution and jihad? This book provides answers to these questions through an innovative study of the life and short stories of one of the country's leading female writers, Maryam Mahboob. It offers a different image of both the suffering and resistance of Afghanistani women than that which the 'West' has come to know.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Imprint and Copyright Information
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Literature, Politics and Women
  8. 2. Afghanistani Society and Women's Issues
  9. 3. Maryam Mahboob and Her Short Stories
  10. 4. War and the Radicalisation of Afghanistani Society
  11. 5. Exile, Gender and Identity
  12. Conclusion
  13. References
  14. Index
  15. Back Cover