ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1991, moves beyond sensational headlines to explore how Middle Eastern men and women speak and feel about the societies in which they live. Kevin Dwyer makes use of extensive research and interview material from Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco and combines first-hand testimony with vivid and illuminating analysis. The voices are those of lawyers, political militants, religious thinkers, journalists and human rights activists who focus their discussion on the question of human rights and critical issues in social and cultural life.

part |54 pages

Egypt: identity, religion and visions of society

chapter |28 pages

Egyptian voices

part |56 pages

Morocco: the individual, human freedom and democracy

chapter |12 pages

Cultural obstacles?

chapter |11 pages

Independent Morocco

chapter |31 pages

Moroccan voices

part |67 pages

Tunisia: organizing for human rights and the rights of women

chapter |5 pages

Constructing civil society

chapter |11 pages

Independent Tunisia

chapter |23 pages

Organizing for human rights

chapter |26 pages

Organizing women

part |12 pages

Conclusion: ‘Dispute and struggle'

chapter |10 pages

‘Dispute and struggle'