    
This website was created
by Shatha Al-Muttawa (mut2rash@emirates.net.ae) for an Amherst College class: Islamic
Constructions of Gender with Dr.
Jamal J. Elias.
The pictures used on the banner
above and elsewhere on the site have been taken by Shatha Al-Muttawa or from other websites and the owners have
been contacted for permission for this use.
Another website by Shatha Al-Muttawa:
Young Girl Writers at http://younggirlwriters.isCool.net/
Book:
Soffan, Linda. The Women of the
United Arab Emirates. New York, 1980: Barnes and Noble Books.
Websites:
CIA World Factbook: United Arab
Emirates
Reuters, UAE Women Bring Traffic
to a Hault
Gulf News, Women Who Suffer in
Silence
The Times of India, UAE Women
Relax and Shop in Man-Free Zone
Gulf News, A Tragic Victim of
Changing Lifestyles
1997 Human Rights Report: United
Arab Emirates
Gulf News, UAE Seeks to Slash
Breast Cancer Mortality Rate
Gulf News, Environmental enthusiast
says more action needed
Gulf News, Producer strives to
spark Arab film movement
Gulf News, Reliance on maids
reaches staggering proportions
Gulf News, Bonus offered to men
who marry women over 30
Gulf News, Abused housemaid attempts
suicide
The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Women
Women in the UAE
Associated Press, Female Cabbies Begin Work in United Arab Emirates
A Gated Community: Zayed University
U.S. Department of State, United Arab Emirates Report on
Human Rights Practices for 1997
Gulf News, Adulterers face death
by stoning
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