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Between westernization and the veil: Contemporary lifestyles of women in Cairo

Karin Werner
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The article was published on 1997-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 15 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Westernization.

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Global Dreams: Space, Class, and Gender in Middle-Class Cairo

A. de Koning
TL;DR: In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website as mentioned in this paper, in case of legitimate complaints the material will be removed.
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A New Mashrabiyya for Contemporary Cairo: Integrating Traditional Latticework from Islamic and Japanese Cultures

TL;DR: The mashrabiyya is a latticework applied to the windows of traditional residences in the Arab world to both veil women from the gaze of men and to ameliorate the region′s hot arid climate as mentioned in this paper.
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Das Islamische in den Studien zu Muslimen in Deutschland / Islamic Issues in Studies on Muslims in Germany

TL;DR: In this paper, a literaturbericht about Islam/Muslime in Deutschland is published, in which Islam is considered a begehrtes Objekt wissenschaftlicher Studien geworden.
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Das Islamische in den Studien zu Muslimen in Deutschland

TL;DR: In this paper, a literaturbericht on Islam/Muslim in Deutschland is published, which verweist uns wiederum auf die Bedeutung des kulturellen Hintergrunds der Forscher selbst.
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Appropriating the mosque: women's religious groups in Khartoum

Salme A. Nageeb
- 01 Jan 2007 - 
TL;DR: The case of women's mosques groups in the capital of Sudan which have considerably spread since the National Islamic Front (NIF) seized power in 1989 is discussed in this article, which empirically demonstrates how the mosque groups are forming a social space for women and how this is leading to the appropriation and transformation of a public religious and a highly masculine space such as the mosque.