ISLA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Blue-Collar Worker, Ambivalence, Ribat

• School: McGill University
• Department: Islamic Studies
• Course: ISLA 210
• Professor: Malek Abisaab

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Introduction: did modernity improve significantly the status of women in the middle. They revolted and took power, ruled islamic work till the ottoman conquered them and the islamic empire. Arguing against the dominant orientalist notion that is based on the assumption that. Muslim middle eastern women don(cid:495)t work (cid:523)based on veil, segregation, patriarchy (cid:524). They are secluded and aren(cid:495)t allowed to access public space. The process of modernisation, through the formation of modernisation state. But the conditions of work did not improve. Will talk about the premodern mamluk society (cid:523)+ egypt(cid:524) and female tobacco workers in independent and autonomous, if they aren(cid:495)t happy with their marriage, they don(cid:495)t need. During the mamluk period, the rates of divorced muslim women increased (mainly because they found work: they are now their marriage anymore). Despite low wages compared to men, women gained economic independence and remained single for a long period of time during mamluk period.