“Facing a deteriorating economy and a weakening hold over the populace, the Iraqi state under Saddam Hussein opted to revitalize tribal leaders and conservative practices as a means of stabilizing state power; those conservative practices were not an inherent feature… — Nadje Al-Ali Copy Share Image
“Military intervention cannot liberate women because it is embedded within a set of assumptions, beliefs, and social relations that reinforce and reproduce gender inequality, as well as other social inequalities within and across nation-states. Military intervention depends upon a belief… — Nadje Al-Ali Copy Share Image
“The timing of this sudden interest in the plight of Iraqi women cannot be overemphasized. For decades, many Iraqi women activists in the US… — Nadje Al-Ali Copy Share Image
“It is much easier to condemn Islam and 'oppressive Muslim men' than to unpack the intricate relationships between global politics related to empire building… — Nadje Al-Ali Copy Share Image
“Facing a deteriorating economy and a weakening hold over the populace, the Iraqi state under Saddam Hussein opted to revitalize tribal leaders and conservative… — Nadje Al-Ali Copy Share Image
“Military intervention cannot liberate women because it is embedded within a set of assumptions, beliefs, and social relations that reinforce and reproduce gender inequality,… — Nadje Al-Ali Copy Share Image
“The vast majority of funding in support of women appears to have been directed toward the training of women as participants in political, civil,… — Nadje Al-Ali Copy Share Image
