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Female Autonomy in Traditional Islamic Spirituality & Contemporary Secular Feminism
Description: This study seeks to understand how the concept of female autonomy, particularly female spiritual autonomy, is constructed in traditional Islamic spirituality (Sufism), as compared to contemporary secular feminism.The central argument is that the latter is limited in conceptualizing the full scope... Author: El-Yacoubi, Kelly Brewer Keyword: Autonomy, Sufism, Islam, Feminism, Women, and Qur'an GW Unit: Islamic Studies Degree: M.A. Advisor: Faghfoory, Mohammed Resource Type: Thesis or Dissertation -
Adaptation Strategies of Islamist Movements, POMEPS Studies 26
Description: Long repressed, banned, and exiled, many Islamist movements and parties across the Middle East and North Africa witnessed a moment of electoral success after the 2011 uprisings. Since then, their fates have varied widely. Some have made significant compromises to stay in power, others have... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political science, North Africa, POMEPS Studies, Middle East, International relations, Islam, and Arab Spring GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Visions of Gulf Security, POMEPS Studies 7
Description: The turbulence in Gulf security politics today is difficult to miss: unusually sharp public splits in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), rising sectarian tensions, tough moves against the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist movements, and markedly harsh crackdowns on even minor forms of public... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political Science, North Africa, POMEPS Studies, Middle East, Islam, Gulf, and International Relations GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Rethinking Islamist Politics, POMEPS Studies 6
Description: The Arab uprisings of 2011 radically reshaped the environment within which Islamist movements had evolved over the preceding decades, causing rapid, disorienting changes in their strategies, ideologies, and organizations. The last three years have produced an enormous amount of new information... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political Science, North Africa, POMEPS Studies, Middle East, Islam, and International Relations GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
The Politics of Sectarianism, POMEPS Studies 4
Description: A group of Syrian-Americans arrived at an academic conference at Lehigh University last week in Bashar al-Assad t-shirts and draped in Syrian flags adorned with Assad’s face. They repeatedly heckled and interrupted speakers, and one told an opposition figure that he deserved a bullet in the head.... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political Science, North Africa, Middle East, Islam, Sectarianism, and International Relations GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Islamism in the IS Age, POMEPS Studies 12
Description: The “IS-ification of Islamist politics,” in Khalil al-Anani’s felicitous phrase, has reshaped the ideological and strategic incentives for Islamist groups and their adversaries. It has also posed a new challenge to the categories, concepts and expectations of the academics who study them. In... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political Science, North Africa, POMEPS Studies, Middle East, Islam, International Relations, and Islamism GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Local Politics and Islamist Movements, POMEPS Studies 27
Description: Scholars and policymakers have increasingly recognized that Islamist movements and actors vary widely – from domestically oriented, quietist movements engaging in democratic systems to revolutionary, armed movements aiming to upend the nation-state system. Yet little has been done to understand... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political science, North Africa, POMEPS Studies, Middle East, International relations, Local politics, Islam, and Islamism GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
The New Salafi Politics, POMEPS Studies 2
Description: Few developments associated with the Arab uprisings have generated as much concern as the rapid emergence of Salafi movements into the public arena. The performance of al-Nour Party in Egypt’s parliamentary elections stunned many observers. Waves of attacks on Sufi shrines in Tunisia and Libya,... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political Science, North Africa, POMEPS Studies, Middle East, Islam, Islamism, and International Relations GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
THe Ethics of Research in the Middle East, POMEPS Studies 8
Description: What are the ethical obligations of an academic studying today’s Middle East? Have the Arab uprisings changed how scholars must weigh ethical and moral concerns in their research? How should academics incorporate their ethical commitments into their social scientific research agendas or policy... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Ethics, Political Science, North Africa, Middle East, Islam, and International Relations GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Islam and International Order, POMEPS Studies 15
Description: Islam has rarely been far from the center of the world’s political and security agenda in the decade and a half since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack against the United States. The range of issues to which Islam has been deemed central is staggering, from transnational terrorism and... Author: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and Lynch, Marc Keyword: Political Science, North Africa, POMEPS Studies, Middle East, Islam, and International Relations GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article