Beyond Preaching Women:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Beyond Preaching Women: "
Laila Makboul

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1085741
Doc. No	:	LA129370
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700607-05734p03‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Laila Makboul
Title & Author	:	Beyond Preaching Women: [Article] : Saudi Dāʿiyāt and Their Engagement in the Public Sphere\ Laila Makboul
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Die Welt des Islams
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	57/3-4
Page No	:	303–328
Abstract	:	A prevalent notion among researchers working on gender politics in Saudi Arabia is that women’s engagement in the public sphere is restricted by the official interpretation of Islam, which only allows women to engage in issues presumed to be “feminine.” Based on an anthropological fieldwork exploration of al-dāʿiyāt al-muthaqqafāt (traditional female preachers belonging to the intellectual sphere in Riyadh), this article challenges this common assumption. It seeks to understand in what ways these women are a part of the public sphere and how this came about. One key factor is how the religious concept of “commanding right and forbidding wrong” has been expanded to adapt to changing circumstances, circumstances that have necessitated women’s presence in the public sphere. Examples from prominent intellectual female preachers such as Nawāl al-ʿĪd and Ruqayya al-Muḥārib demonstrate how leading dāʿiyāt in Riyadh engage in issues affecting Saudi society beyond gender-specific issues and encourage women to take a greater part in the public sphere.  A prevalent notion among researchers working on gender politics in Saudi Arabia is that women’s engagement in the public sphere is restricted by the official interpretation of Islam, which only allows women to engage in issues presumed to be “feminine.” Based on an anthropological fieldwork exploration of al-dāʿiyāt al-muthaqqafāt (traditional female preachers belonging to the intellectual sphere in Riyadh), this article challenges this common assumption. It seeks to understand in what ways these women are a part of the public sphere and how this came about. One key factor is how the religious concept of “commanding right and forbidding wrong” has been expanded to adapt to changing circumstances, circumstances that have necessitated women’s presence in the public sphere. Examples from prominent intellectual female preachers such as Nawāl al-ʿĪd and Ruqayya al-Muḥārib demonstrate how leading dāʿiyāt in Riyadh engage in issues affecting Saudi society beyond gender-specific issues and encourage women to take a greater part in the public sphere.
Descriptor	:	female Islamic authority
Descriptor	:	female preachers
Descriptor	:	Islam
Descriptor	:	women and gender in Islam
Descriptor	:	History Culture
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	Saudi Arabia
Descriptor	:	Sociology Anthropology
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700607-05734p03‬