Thursday, January 7, 2016

Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?

Questions from Abu-Lughod's "Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?"

-what are similarities & differences between the post 9/11 context of the article's publication and today's ISIS/Paris/SanBernadino world?
-Why does Abu-Lughod have a problem with "saving" Muslim women?
-What does Abu-Lughod mean by "colonial feminism?"
-What does Abu-Lughod mean by "imaginary geography of West versus East?" (784)
-What does Abu-Lughod mean by "we need to be suspicious when  neat cultural icons are plastered over messier historical and political narratives?" (785)
-What can we learn from this article about the history and politics of veiling in Afghanistan?

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