Assigned Readings and Films
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- Ahmed, Leila. Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. pp. 64-78 and 144-168.
- Badran, Margot, and Cooke, Miriam, eds. Opening the Gates: An Anthology of Arab Feminist Writing. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. pp. 338-362.
- Cole, Juan R. I. "Gender, Tradition, and History." In Tradition, Identity, and Power, Fatma Muge Gocek and Shiva Balaghi, eds. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. pp. 23-29.
- Cooke, Miriam, "Arab Women, Arab Wars." In Tradition, Identity, and Power, Fatma Muge Gocek and Shiva Balaghi, eds. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. pp. 144-166.
- Gocek, Fatma Muge, and Balaghi, Shiva. "Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East Through Voice and Experience." In Tradition, Identity, and Power, Fatma Muge Gocek and Shiva Balaghi, eds. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. pp. 1-19.
- Hessini, Leila. "Wearing the Hijab in Contemporary Morocco: Choice and Identity." In Tradition, Identity, and Power, Fatma Muge Gocek and Shiva Balaghi, eds. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. pp. 40-55.
- Mernissi, Fatima. The Veil and the Male Elite. Reading, MA: Perseus Books Groups, 1992. pp. 49-61.
- Muslims and America. Dr. Aziza al-Hibri and Nazir Khaja. Islamic Information Service. Videocassette. New York: Insight Media, 1997.
- Peirce, Leslie P. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. pp. 3-12.
- Stowasser, Barbara Freyer. "The Hijab: How a Curtain Became an Institution and a Cultural Symbol." In Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East, Asma Afsaruddin and A.H. Mathias Zahniser, eds. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1997. pp. 87-104.
- Stowasser, Barbara Freyer. Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. pp. 25-37.
- The Battle of Algiers. Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, prod. Igor Film. Videocassette. New York: Guidance Associates, 1988.
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