" . . . takes a new look at the situation in one of the hottest spots on the globe and asks what impact the politicization of women will have on the lives of people in the emerging Palestinian state." —NWSA Journal
This volume introduces the reader to the social and political roles and challenges faced by women of Arab/Palestinian society. Even Arabic commentators have failed to accurately assess the contributions of women within the struggles of Gaza and the West Bank. These essays, written from an "insider's" perspective, show how Palestinian women confront issues of gender, feminism, and the national agenda.

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Frontmatter
Introduction (Suha Sabbagh, page 1)
PART ONE: Defining the Role of Women
1. The Women's Movement during the Uprising (Joost R. Hiltermann, page 41)
2. Patterns of Relations within the Palestinian Family during the Intifada (Islah Jad, Translation by Magida Abu Hassabo, page 53)
3. West Bank Women and the Intifada: Revolution within the Revolution (Philippa Strum, page 63)
4. The Development of the Palestinian Women's Movement in the Occupied Territories: Twenty Years after the Israeli Occupation (Zahira Kamal, Translation by Ramla Khalidi, page 78)
PART TWO: How Culture Recorded Women's Role
5. Gender in the Poetry of Intifada (Ilham Abu Ghazaleh, page 91)
6. Women in the Legends of the Intifada (Sharif Kanaana, page 114)
7. An Interview with Sahar Khalifeh, Feminist Novelist (Suha Sabbagh, page 136)
8. Two Short Stories by a Palestinian Feminist (Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi, page 145)
PART THREE: The Double Burden of Women: Tradition and Occupation
9. Women in the Intifada (Robin Morgan, page 153)
10. An Interview with Dr. Eyad el‐Sarraj: Gender Relations during the Three Psychodevelopmental Phases under Occupation (Suha Sabbagh, page 171)
11. An Interview with Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi: The History of the Women's Movement (Dima Zalatimo, page 184)
12. Comments by Five Women Activists: Siham Abdullah, Amal Kharisha Barghouthi, Rita Giacamen, May Mistakmel Nassar, Amal Wahdan (Sahar Khalifeh, Translation by Nagla El‐Bassiouni, page 192)
13. Intifada Year Four: Notes on the Women's Movement (Rita Giacaman and Penny Johnson, page 216)
PART FOUR: Anticipations after Oslo
14. Palestinian Women's Activism after Oslo (Amal Kawar, page 233)
15. The Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Women's Rights: An Analysis (Suha Sabbagh, page 245)
Appendix (page 251)
Contributors (page 255)
Index (page 257)

This collection introduces the reader to the women of Arab/Palestinian society, their social and political roles, and the challenges they face. In her introduction, Suha Sabbagh outlines the role of women in the struggles of Gaza and the West Bank. She demonstrates that neither the international media nor Arab commentators have accurately assessed the contributions of women's institutions or the support of traditional women for the Intifada.
What impact will the politicization of these traditional women have on the predicated social transformations in the emerging Palestinian state? Will the women seek to alter their role in society, and what will be the response to their attempts? The essays in this multidisciplinary work, written from an "insider's" perspective, seek to answer these questions.

2023-06-15