Eman Abdelhadi - Impossible Futures: Why Women Leave American Muslim Communities while Men Stay

Impossible Futures: Why Women Leave American Muslim Communities while Men Stay - Eman Abdelhadi, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Abstract: "Impossible Futures" explains why Muslim communities are losing women and retaining men. Using a large sample of life history interviews with Muslim adults who grew up in the U.S., Professor Abdelhadi argues that the community places its anxieties about cultural assimilation onto women’s shoulders, creating unintended pressures that drive them out. Professor Abdelhadi avoids the trap of either orientalizing Muslim cultures by assuming that gender inequality is inherent in Islam or overcorrecting by ignoring signs of gender inequality among Muslims. Instead, Professor Abdelhadi argues that gender inequality emerges from the structural and cultural tensions between migrant generations.
Wednesday, 18 Jan, 5:00pm
Michigan State University Muslim Studies Program
co-sponsors: MSU Dept of Political Science and the Center for Gender in Global Context

[@SH-py7qj]

This was an amazing lecture

[@robotnitchka]

Fascinating lecture. Thank you.

[@shafawuyakubuimaam]

Assalaamu alaikum sister, I enjoy your topic, but if you are talking about these topics, it has to start with you to encourage other women, I don't see you with hijab.

[@ab00abdullah]

Did you watch the entire presentation?

[@ShahreenTaniaHossain]

No he did not watch the presentation. His comment provides evidence to why women leave.

[@yousufcajee]

Hijab .... Niqab are cultural, Islam expects modesty in behaviour, a moral and ethical being and purified soul. Islam does not impose hijab or niqab. See what's happened in Iran.

[@SimSimsTECHcrunch]

Your comment proves her point.