Essays about: "Muslim women."

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  1. 36. Female agency in Burnt Shadows and Postcolonial Feminism in the EFL Classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Vanja Floryd; [2019]
    Keywords : Burnt Shadows; Kamila Shamsie; postcolonialism; feminism; literature; women; agency; EFL; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This essay analyses Burnt Shadows (2009) by Kamila Shamsie from a postcolonial feminist perspective, with a focus on agency of women, representation and re-presentation, and cultural stereotypes. The degree of agency in the main characters Hiroko, Elizabeth and Kim is discussed, followed by an analysis of the re-presentation of Indian, Pakistani and Arab Muslim women characters in the text, with a focus on homogenisation and voice. READ MORE

  3. 37. “I’m here because I am a Muslim” : A combined content- discourse analysis on the Swedish media coverage of Muslim-Christian relations in contemporary Egypt.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Ida Vanhainen; [2018]
    Keywords : Media discourse; CDA; Content analysis; Orientalism; Muslim-Christian relations; Copts; Egypt.;

    Abstract : The media plays an important role in forming public opinion, in broad terms media reporting can be described a way of constructing meanings to social events and actions, both fixed and dynamic ones. An in-depth study of the media discourse will therefore allow us, not only to understand the conditions of modern media, but also complex social practises of meaning making. READ MORE

  4. 38. Victims, Exotic Warriors or Heroines? Framing the motivations of Kurdish female fighters in the war against Islamic State

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Bafrin Eskandari; [2018]
    Keywords : Kurdish female fighters; YPG; YPJ; PKK; Peshmerga; Media; Motivation; Framing; Orientalism; Women; Middle East; Political violence; Islamic State; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on investigating how the three British newspapers, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the BBC News, frame the motivations of the Kurdish female fighters joining armed forces in the war against Islamic State. It also explores, what are the reasons behind these portrayals and in what ways Kurdish female fighters challenge the existing discourse of Middle Eastern women. READ MORE

  5. 39. Is Religion a Dividing Force? A mixed methods approach to the experiences of religious Muslims in the secular society of Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Lisa Christina Kirschbaum; [2018]
    Keywords : Religion; Sweden; immigration; Muslims; integration; religious freedom; mixed methods; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The idea that increasing immigration will lead to a growing Muslim presence in Western Europe and that this in turn stands in contrast to the secularity of these states frames the context of this study. Therefore, this thesis explores the experiences of religious Muslims in the secular Swedish society. READ MORE

  6. 40. An analysis of gender mainstreaming strategies for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in the Cox Bazar, Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Facundo Palermo; [2018]
    Keywords : Rohingya; Refugees; Refugee camps; Refugee camp; Bangladesh; Rakhine State; Muslim Women; Muslim; Gender; Gender Mainstreaming; Population Movement; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since August 2017, more than 655,500 Rohingyas fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh escaping what has been categorized as an Ethnic Cleansing. Their legal status of stateless and non-recognized refugees in Bangladesh, combined with multiple violent encounters and their currently precarious living conditions in Bangladesh is what have turned the world’s attention to The Cox Bazar, where arguably the most vulnerable population in the world struggles to survive. READ MORE