Anthem of Misogyny: The War on Women in North Africa and the Middle East - Hardcover

by Ibtissam Bouachrine (Author)

This book argues that misogyny is too complex to eradicate with superficial changes. Like a national anthem, misogyny in the MENA region has acquired a sacred status. Rather than exaggerate Western agency, this book makes Muslim agency visible. Stories of violence need to be told boldly because the non-West, too, is deserving of feminist critique.

Author Biography

Ibtissam Bouachrine is professor and chair of the department of Spanish and Portuguese and former director of the Middle East studies program at Smith College, where she teaches courses on gender and sexuality, Islam and the West, Islamic Spain, and minorities in North Africa and the Middle East. Bouachrine's first book, Women and Islam: Myths, Apologies, and Limits of Feminist Critique examines the discourse on Muslim women from the Middle Ages to the post-9/11 era.