TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Palestinian female suicide bombers: Equal partners in the struggle for liberation
JO  - The Arab World Geographer
A1  - Ibrahim, I.
A1  - Shuraydi, M.
SP  - 112
EP  - 125
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - This article deals with a scientifically viable explanation of the phenomenon of Palestinian female bombers, situating it within its proper frame of analysis as an integral part of the Palestinian struggle for self-determination equally involving both genders. It also aims to dismantle the vilification, profiling, typification, and stereotyping of these women, especially by three American feminist writers, as sexual deviants or carriers of some psychological baggage which forces them to participate in these "terrorist" acts in order to atone for their personal infringements of the normative structure of Balestinian society. The article, furthermore, contextualizes the struggle of Palestinian female suicide bombers within the international framework of other national movements (in Sri Lanka and in Chechnya) whose women have been empowered to fight alongside their male counterparts for independence, freedom, and an end to occupation. © 2006 by AWG - The Arab World Geographer, Toronto, Canada.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1480-6800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -