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Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement Najde al-Ali. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
282 pages Increasingly, since the Sadat era in Egypt and especially resulting from his economic policies (infitah), there has been a significant rise of Egyptian women who are putting on the "Islamic dress.
In contrast to this phenomenon, Najde al-Ali's study on women's activity in Egypt is about a particular heterogeneous class of secular women, that she feels has been marginalized on the state level by the overarching concessions given to hegemonic "Islamist" policies.
In effect, Ali states, "I had noticed the tendency to overlook secular constituencies in much of the recent scholarship dealing with Egypt, where the emphasis was on Islamist tendencies and activism.
In the second chapter, entitled "Contextualizing the Egyptian Women's Movement," Ali provides an extensive history of women's activity in Egypt.
In the last chapter, "A Mirror of Political Culture in Egypt: Divisions and Debates Among Women's Activist," Ali's study draws towards an end by bringing to light all the complexities that come from not only outside, but also from inside the organizations.
Overall, Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement, is a positive contribution to the field of Middle Eastern Women Studies.
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