YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Islamic Culture and Women in So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba
Essays 91 - 112
However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...
to winning. One can imagine that it would take a great deal of effort for a female Buddhist or Muslim or Jew to get anywhere in p...
by His Grace to the garden of bliss and forgiveness. And He makes His signs clear to mankind, that they may receive admonition". M...
been treated little better than animals. Islam at least accorded that women may be redeemed and attain a heavenly reward, although...
In ten pages this research paper discusses the mysticism of Islamic alchemy and also examines its impact upon the culture of the W...
In ten pages this report takes the form of a letter that examines the global subjugation of women and the role played by the Unite...
the predominant religion of the land. Confusion of Culture and Religion Repression of women is...
In 3 pages this paper discusses how women's involvement in the U.S. labor force was profoundly influenced by the role of African A...
In six pages this paper examines the life and contributions of this influential 20th century Islamic teacher and writer who inspir...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...
This paper consists of five pages and discusses how black women's experiences are captured in Naylor's book Women of Brewster Plac...
property holders voted from 1691 to 1780. The Continental Congress debated the woman-suffrage movement question at length, decidi...
In five pages this paper examines how Islamic Moroccan women have been affected by imperialism. Three sources are cited in the bi...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses Islamic women in a consideration of law, attitudes, female identity, religious and social va...
p. 50). In addition we note very forward thinking when we understand that "Muhammad even decreed that sexual satisfaction was a wo...
Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...
in the different aspect and practices, but to look at the way in which discipline manifest in the main practices of modern Islam. ...
Satanic Verses spoke against Islam and because Rushdie was raised Muslim, he became one of the most visible and obvious choices fo...
and a range of problems for women, the "New Order" regime under Suharto focused on mass media messages that put women in their pla...
in what was historically thought of as a straitlaced society. Lystra (1996) - assistant professor at California State University ...
a mitvah, which resembles a small swimming pool. The water of the mitvah must be very pure and from a natural source, therefore, r...
roles. Inasmuch as the barricade toward womens rights "remains deeply rooted in traditional Islamic culture" (Witte 2005:A24), it...