ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book argues that the methodological frameworks of the conceptual models such as "intersectionality" or "dialogic experience" should be re-introduced into the everyday activist work in the respective contexts. It also discusses the work of religious rights feminists in Malaysia and demonstrates how the methodologies and contexts traditionally denounced as "patriarchal" may hide major liberatory practices for both women and men. The book reviews the impact that the ongoing conflict in the region has on the lives of Palestinian women and their struggle for the improvement of gender relations in Palestinian society discloses the various levels on which the concept of "collateral damage" operates. It examines how the neocolonial politics of the Algerian civil war has informed the violent experiences of both male and female teenagers and consequently has repositioned gender dynamics in that society.
