Beyond Preaching Women: Saudi Dāʿiyāt and Their Engagement in the Public Sphere


A prevalent notion among researchers working on gender politics in Saudi Arabia is that women’s engagement in the public sphere is restricted by the official interpretation of Islam, which only allows women to engage in issues presumed to be “feminine.” Based on an anthropological fieldwork explorat...

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Main Author: Makboul, Laila (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2017, Volume: 57, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 303-328
Further subjects:B Saudi Arabia
 Islam
 female Islamic authority
 women and gender in Islam
 female preachers

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