Religious Flexibilities of Older Yemeni Women in Sanaa.

This paper looks at the ways in which older generations of Yemeni women in Sanaa negotiate religious change. Practices that are associated with Sufism and popular folk Islam are prevalent in Yemen, especially among older, illiterate women who have had little to no access to textual, 'orthodox' Islam...

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Publicado en:Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (Indiana University Press) Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 52 - 80
Autor principal: Pandya, Sophia
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Indiana University Press Spring2014
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