Download or read book The Art of Resistance in Islam written by Yafa Shanneik and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining different forms of resistance among Shi'i women in the Middle East and Europe, this book studies the performance of sectarian and gender power relations as expressed in Shi'i ritual practices. It provides a new transnational approach to researching gender agency in contemporary Islamic movements in both the Middle East and Europe.