Talk:Women in Arab societies

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A summary of this article appears in Women and Islam.

-Are you talking about women in Saudia Arabia or women in Arab countries. Syria,Lebanon,Morocco,Tunisia,Kuwait and Egypt should be mentioned in the article.It is unfair to give one side and ignore the other--Aziz1005 16:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, all of those countries are game. Please help out this article. It obviously could use a lot of work. One thing that stands out is that the "After Islam" section doesn't recognize that Islam still kept things unequal, like inheritance, etc. Also, we are trying to choose a picture of a significant non-Muslim Arab woman who lives in an Arab society. Right now we are left with:

• Najwa Karam - Supposedly a Maronite Christian, but I can't confirm this. Otherwise a good choice.
• Achinoam Nini - Jewish Arab in Israel. It is not known whether or not she has done any Arabic work.
• Ofra Haza - Jewish Arab in Israel. It is not known whether or not she has done any Arabic work.
• Shoshana Damari - Jewish Arab in Israel. It is not known whether or not she has done any Arabic work.

The problem with the women from Israel is that it is not clear whether or not Israel can be considered an "Arab society" at all, and it is also not clear whether or not they are part of that possible Arab society, so the last three may not be good choices. Najwa Karam seems good but we need a source saying that she is Christian. In any case, improving the article content is more important than any picture, so please, help out if you can. Thanks. The Behnam 20:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

According to my knowledge Najwa Karam is a Christian I don’t really know whether she is a Maronite or not although now a days Maronite consider their self’s as Arab. The other point that should be mentioned is Arab women were an important part of the Arab history like Thatu alhimma ذات الهمة Shajaratu aldur شجرة الدر Alkhansaa الخنساء Jameela the singer جميلة المغنية (Arabian queens, poets and singers from the pre-Islamic ,early Islamic and medieval eras)

Also we should mention some notable contemporary Arab women like Naziha Al-Dulaymi (the first Arab woman to be a Minster ,Iraq,1958); Nazik Almalaaeka نازك الملائكة Hanan Alshiekh حنان الشيخ (contemporary poets and writers); Umm Kulthum,Nancy Ajram, Elissa,Farida , Latifa (singers) ..It is actually endless list.the thing that hinders me is that I dont have enough time to write --Aziz1005 23:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC)