| Title | : | Challenging Identities |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Shahram Akbarzadeh |
| Release | : | 2010-02-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Politics & Current Events, Books |
| Size | : | 901375 |
| A book such as this is long overdue and deserves to be widely read. -Hanifa Deen, author of Caravanserai and Broken Bangles Muslim women in Australia are at the forefront of a culture war, and not necessarily by choice. As visible representatives of Islam, veiled women face discrimination and abuse, and carry the stigma of a culture frequently deemed unacceptable and inferior. Despite these adverse conditions, Muslim women have demonstrated a remarkable resilience by maintaining their presence in the public domain and by continuing to make a positive contribution to Australia. The experiences of Muslim women in Australia cannot be typecast as a sisterhood of oppressed females. Challenging Identities questions the assumption of incompatible 'Australian values' and 'Islamic values', and provides valuable first-person accounts from the lives of Muslim women in Australia. |
