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It has come to be

It has come to be assumed in much of the Muslim world that to be a proponent of women's rights is to be pro-Western. This enmeshing of gender and geopolitics has robbed Muslim women of their ability to develop a discourse on their rights independent of a cultural debate between the Western and Muslim worlds.
Muslim Women as Symbols — and Pawns (nytimes.com) via Follow Me Here.

Posted by Adam on November 28, 2001 3:43 PM |

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Maureen Dowd's latest column touches on this, once you get through the inanity near the top about the rise of the blue-collar hunk.

Posted by: George | November 28, 2001 7:14 PM

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