Experience of Arab/Muslim women visiting relatives in the West and the management of stigma by association

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 104073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Moufakkir
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Women ◽  
The West ◽  
Stigma By Association ◽  
Arab Muslim

scholarly journals “Un/Veiled: Feminist Art from the Arab/Muslim Diaspora”

1970 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Rachel Epp Buller
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Feminist Art ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Woman ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
The Veil

Images of Muslim women in global popular culture convey ideas of restriction and oppression: to many in the West, the covered Arab woman appears a victim, unable to express herself in word and deed. Artists and writers from within Arab cultures have challenged such simplistic readings, some offering alternative readings of living behind the veil, others offering the possibility of a feminist existence within an apparently oppressive society, all challenging the Orientalist mindset implied by such assumptions.

Literary Marketability in Fadia Faqir's My Name is Salma

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-203
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Women ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Woman Writer ◽  
Arab Women ◽  
The West ◽  
Cultural Stereotypes ◽  
Western Discourse ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
Cultural Stereotyping ◽  
Blind Obedience

This study addresses Fadia Faqir's novel My Name is Salma (2007) as promoting the marketability of the Arab woman writer who sells stereotypes and preconceived notions about the representations of Arab Muslim female subjects to the West. It specifically examines the ways in which Faqir uses a discourse that confirms cultural stereotypes, targets mainly a Western reader and enforces Western criticism of certain Islamic practices regarding polygamy, alcohol consumption, eating pork, Muslim women's veiling, and blind obedience to husbands, thus, producing a superficial, reductionist understanding of Islam. My Name is Salma is perceived as a culturally marketed literary work that reinforces a rigid Western discourse about Islam and the fragility of the position of Arab Muslim women, thus, positioning the novelist as mainly targeting Western audiences. Keywords: Arab women writers, cultural stereotyping, Fadia Faqir, marketability propaganda.

Approaches to the wardrobe challenges of Muslim women in the west

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1155-1173
Author(s):  
Wafaa H. Shafee
Keyword(s):  
Community Integration ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
Women's Clothing ◽  
Clothing Choices

Purpose This study aims to identify the challenges of Muslim women in terms of their dress code in Western society by including their clothing needs in the strategies of the fashion industry and marketing. The study focuses on wardrobe choices that have helped overcome these challenges and facilitated Muslim women’s integration into western society. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive statistics were used in this study through a questionnaire that was distributed among 265 randomly selected Muslim women in London, UK. The results have been presented in charts showing the percentages and frequencies of the different behaviors and challenges that were faced by Muslim women in the west. Findings The majority of the study sample preferred to use a variety of modern fashion trends from global brands to integrate with the community. The essential criteria for the Muslim women’s clothing choices include head hair cover and conservative full-length clothes that are non-transparent that cover the neck and chest area. Originality/value A study has investigated the clothing needs and behaviors of Muslim women in the west for their community integration. It analyzed the results and linked them with the role and contributions of designers, producers and fashion marketers in accepting the western society of Muslims and their integration with its members.

scholarly journals Relational Ethics: Volunteering and the Responsibilities of the Good Muslim

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Merve Kayikci
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Women ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Self Formation

This article explores the ways in which female Belgian Muslim volunteers experience responsibility. It argues that responsibility consists of multiple dynamics for the volunteers, for example, the duties that are embedded in the Islamic tradition and the duties that arise from being a good citizen in a liberal/secular context. While these are often emphasized as being contentious binaries—especially for Muslims living in the West—this paper suggests that volunteering allows the Muslim women to bring these worlds together. The ways in which volunteering enables this is by introducing a relational reading of ethics and ethical self-formation. Relationality is highly significant for the female Muslim volunteer. It signifies being in touch with both (non-liberal) Islamic ethics and liberal public norms, even when pursuing a pious lifestyle. Hence, the article explores the ways in which responsibility is actualized in this framework. Finally, the last section interrogates how this idea of responsibility and relationality re-articulates binaries of the good-Muslim and the bad-Muslim.

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