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Anida Yoeu Ali’s Lava Rising, The Red Chador: Genesis I. (2019). Studio Revolt/Photo: Masahiro Sugano

September 15, 2021

Women at the height of their artistic powers present a powerful reckoning in SOUL Fury

Alison Carroll, The University of Melbourne

A new exhibition featuring works by16 women artists who share backgrounds in Islam is a tour de force.

Syrian refugees in Passau, Germany: many of those seeking refuge are from more conservative rural regions where divorce is stigmatised. Jazzmany via Shutterstock

December 7, 2020

Why so many Syrian women get divorced when they move to western countries

Rola El-Husseini, Lund University

Divorce isn’t forbidden by Islam, but patriarchal societies make it almost impossible.

Indonesian female Muslim students read books in a library. Dadang Tri/Reuters

June 7, 2017

How a growing number of Muslim women clerics are challenging traditional narratives

Rachel Rinaldo, University of Colorado Boulder

There isn’t just one single narrative in Islam. Indonesia and China have a long tradition of women religious leaders – a trend that is catching up in other Muslim majority countries as well.

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Rachel Rinaldo
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
Alison Carroll
Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
Rola El-Husseini
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Program Director MA in Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University

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