empowerment

Experience of African-American Muslim Women is an ethnographic study of the Los Angeles African-American Sunni Muslim community. The conversion stores of the women illustrate how a religion that is seen by most Americans as antithetical to women's equality can be used as a tool …

This dissertation examines fatwas (expert legal opinions) produced by the Shi'ite legal establishment (marji'iyah ) for Shi'ites in the West, looking at the construction, support, and communication of minority Muslim identity in the Western cultural context. Its significance lie…

This dissertation examines the resilience mechanisms of the newly emerging livelihood activities of peasants, farmers, and traders in rural areas in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Women's coping, preserving, and accumulating resilience demonstrate their capabilities for transforming an…