Gender in Conflict: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Through Feminist Lenses
Author(s)
Sharoni, Simona
Abstract
Reviews literature on women and gender issues in the Middle East that places women at the center of the political arena. Employing a range of theories, methodologies, and genres of writing, the authors of these works offer new insights into history and the role of gender in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The works under consideration fall into three categories: women in the conflict from 1948 through the 1990’s; the role and status of women since the beginning of intifada of 1987; and works focusing exclusively on the lives and struggles of Palestinian and Israeli women. These works capture a number of voices and are a significant contribution to the historiography, which has tended to treat issues of women and gender as invisible or unimportant.
