{"product_id":"on-shifting-ground-fereshteh-nouraie-simone-9781558618558","title":"On Shifting Ground: Muslim Women in the Global Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Thoughtful, highly relevant, and frequently brilliant essays on the contemporary ideas, organization, activities, and agency of Muslim women\" (Nikki Keddie, author of \u003cem\u003eWomen in the Middle East: Past and Present\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe world has drastically changed in recent years due to armed conflict, economic issues, and cultural revolutions both positive and negative. Nowhere have those changes been felt more than in the Middle East and Muslim worlds. And no one within those worlds has been more affected than women, who face new and vital questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHas Arab Spring made life better for Muslim women? Has new media empowered feminists or is it simply a tool of the opposition? Will the newfound freedoms of Middle Eastern women grow or be taken away by yet more oppressive regimes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"provocative volume\" has been updated with a new introduction and two new essays, offering insider views on how Muslim women are navigating technology, social media, public space, the tension between secularism and fundamentalism, and the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship (Nikki Keddie, Professor Emerita of Middle Eastern and Iranian History, UCLA).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558618554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558618558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372415701247,"sku":"9781558618558","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be6b37aa-c82a-4b5d-8e2b-b3703432f12f.jpg?v=1732725881","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-shifting-ground-fereshteh-nouraie-simone-9781558618558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}