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Have your say: Is there a place for feminism in the Arab world?
- Campus Notes
- Published: 00:00 January 17, 2010
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Al Hussain Taha, Media management and research,Michigan State University Dubai (MSU)
There is and there has been. I think it is a good approach because women also need rights. Dubai has become globalised and women are free, but in other Arab countries they are still oppressed.
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Fatima Zehra Abdul Wahid, Engineering, MSU
Yes I do. I think there are a lot of Arab feminists and Islamic feminists. Where I come from in Morocco women are as much involved in life as men. They are in government, they work and sometimes sustain their own households.
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Fatima Mansoor, Law, St Joseph University Dubai
There is a place for feminism but not within every family because the majority are closed-minded; but our generation is more open-minded. This generation gets to express its ideas more and we dress differently. There has been a gradual change from past decades.
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Halima Saif, Engineering, National Institute for Vocational Education
There are places where it has happened and women have been liberated. For example in most of the Gulf states women have roles in society alongside men.
