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Challenging Identities

By Shahram Akbarzadeh

Release : 2010-02-01

Genre : Politics & Current Events, Books

Kind : ebook

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A book such as this is long overdue and deserves to be widely read.
-Hanifa Deen, author of Caravanserai and Broken Bangles

Muslim women in Australia are at the forefront of a culture war, and not necessarily by choice. As visible representatives of Islam, veiled women face discrimination and abuse, and carry the stigma of a culture frequently deemed unacceptable and inferior. Despite these adverse conditions, Muslim women have demonstrated a remarkable resilience by maintaining their presence in the public domain and by continuing to make a positive contribution to Australia.


The experiences of Muslim women in Australia cannot be typecast as a sisterhood of oppressed females. Challenging Identities questions the assumption of incompatible 'Australian values' and 'Islamic values', and provides valuable first-person accounts from the lives of Muslim women in Australia.

Challenging Identities

By Shahram Akbarzadeh

Release : 2010-02-01

Genre : Politics & Current Events, Books

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
A book such as this is long overdue and deserves to be widely read.
-Hanifa Deen, author of Caravanserai and Broken Bangles

Muslim women in Australia are at the forefront of a culture war, and not necessarily by choice. As visible representatives of Islam, veiled women face discrimination and abuse, and carry the stigma of a culture frequently deemed unacceptable and inferior. Despite these adverse conditions, Muslim women have demonstrated a remarkable resilience by maintaining their presence in the public domain and by continuing to make a positive contribution to Australia.


The experiences of Muslim women in Australia cannot be typecast as a sisterhood of oppressed females. Challenging Identities questions the assumption of incompatible 'Australian values' and 'Islamic values', and provides valuable first-person accounts from the lives of Muslim women in Australia.

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