TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Activists, lobbyists, and suicide bombers: Lessons from the Palestinian women's movement
JO  - Comparative studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
A1  - Amireh, A.
SP  - 437
EP  - 446
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
N2  - This essay offers an overview of the recent history of the Palestinian women's movement beginning with the first intifada (1988-93), passing through the post-Oslo years, and ending with Al Aqsa Intifada (2000-present) in order to highlight the silences of this movement regarding issues of sexuality, militarization, and religion. Amireh argues that these silences were justified by a hegemonic national prioritization paradigm that evaded dealing with women's issues and by a smear campaign conducted against women activists and NGOs by a vocal Islamist movement that, unlike the secular national movement, places gender and sexuality at the center of its transformative project. © 2012 by Duke University Press.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1089-201X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-1629035
ID  - ref1
ER  -