The Arab countries are a complex and diverse world, within which exists a cultural diversity that manifests in multiple dimensions: ethnic, tribal, religious, and linguistic, resulting from history, tradition, and immigration. This chapter aims to shed light on the diversity spread across the...

When it comes to the status of working women in the Middle East, there seem to be two perspectives. The first group, the optimists, holds the “nothing is particularly wrong” thesis. They acknowledge that things may have not been going well for working women, but assert that their situation...

This book explores how a growing religious discourse is advocating for change in women’s employment participation in Arab societies. It provides a historical and cultural overview of women in Arab societies as well as issues of homogeneity and heterogeneity in religion. An emerging group of...