Decolonizing Islamic Feminism: Zaynab al-Ghazali’s Spiritual Activism in Return of the Pharaoh

This article offers Gloria Anzaldúa’s notion of spiritual activism as a more productive theoretical lens through which to analyze Zaynab al-Ghazali’s feminism as evident in her memoir, Return of the Pharaoh, and articulated in her articles and interviews. Anzaldúa’s spiritual activism functions here...

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Main Author: Mansour, Asmaa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2022
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 149-166
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ġazālī, Zainab al- 1917-2005 / Islam / Feminism / Spirituality / Activism / Politics / Postcolonialism
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
NCA Ethics
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B spiritual activism
B Decolonial
B Egyptian
B Arab Women
B Islamic Feminism
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