Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East

Exploring the contemporary dynamics of sexuality in the Middle East this volume offers an in-depth and unique insight into this much contested and debated issue. It focuses on the role of sexuality in political and social struggles and the politicization of sexuality and gender in the region. Contributors illustrate the complexity of discourses debates and issues focusing in particular on the situation in Iran Iraq Jordan Lebanon Pakistan Palestine and Turkey and explain how they cannot be reduced to a single underlying factor such as religion or a simple binary opposition between the religious right and feminists. Contributors include renowned academicians researchers psychologists historians human rights and women's rights advocates and political scientists from different countries and backgrounds offering a balanced and contemporary perspective on this important issue as well as highlighting the implication of these debates in larger socio-political contexts.