SOC 885 Chapter Notes - Chapter Articles: Compulsory Education, Secondary School Certificate, Egyptian Feminist Union
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Early 19th century led to social transformation for middle east societies, due to economic encroachment, emergence of modern states, and domination of the area by. Led to the emergence of women as a subject for national debate, open discussion, the veil emerging as a signifier for political and cultural matters. Te(cid:272)h(cid:374)ologi(cid:272)al ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es led to less (cid:374)eed for the te(cid:454)tile i(cid:374)dustr(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:449)ork(cid:895) Muhammad ali introduced agricultural, administrative and educational reforms, concentrated land into a few large la(cid:374)do(cid:449)(cid:374)er"s ha(cid:374)ds. Muhammad ali eventually adopted the view that education women was desirable, however the state took little to no steps to make education accessible. Education mostly for higher classes but as time went on more attended missionary type schools, in 1963-79 leader khedive israel said schools should be available to all. Within the british occupation (1882) girls education movements slowed, deliberately kept down expenditure for education for economic and political reasons, introduced tuition charges to keep people out of schools.
